Victims, Crime, And Crime Victims

Many changes have occurred in the legal system over the several decades it has existed. These changes have caused the victim to be the focus point of legal action and the changes have also caused the victim to either be the negative focus point (through blaming the victim for the actions of the criminal) or completely in the background as a “witness” (such as in the case of feudal barons taking over the system). In the following, I plan to explain the background of both the victim justice system and the criminal justice system as well as show what changes have occurred through the development of them both.

The introduction of Nils Christie’s ‘Ideal victim’ theory (1986: 18) refers to victims of crime who can attain the status of a legitimate victim in the eyes of the public. Christie outlines a criteria which needs to be followed in order to gain this full status of a ‘legitimate victim’. Christie’s ‘ideal victim’ however is not the same as a legal victim and often real victims of crime deviate far from the concept of the ideal victim (Beck & Janbakhsh 2010). This therefore means that using Christie’s ideal victim theory to give someone the title of a legitimate victim is often detrimental. Male victims of sexual assault often deviate from the ‘ideal victim’ criteria set out by Christie, this means that when they encounter the justice system, their experiences are often marginalised or discounted entirely.

For many years, people from all over the world have come to the United States seeking a better life for themselves, their spouse, their children and even their children's children. However, not every immigrant comes into this country legally and many of these illegal immigrants are poor, uneducated and may be carrying contagious diseases. They may arrive here via human trafficking, smuggling or other methods. There is one thing we know for sure that many of them choose to remain silence when they become victims. The three main reasons they become invisible victims are they are not aware they are victimized, they don't know the right way to ask for help and they are afraid to be fired or even deported.

There is an idea that we have become a nation of victims. Some psychologist and most people have a don’t blame the victim mentality. While other psychologist look at the victims as being held accountable in some cases. Looking at the data and validity of these arguments, I believe that neither one should be used but instead we should shy away from the blame approach and develop a better understanding of the role victims play in violent situations

In the 2013 NIBRS it includes all offenses within an incident such as the time of day, location, and clearances. There were 6,328 law enforcement agencies in 2013 that represented coverage for over 92 million inhabitants. But, it only represents 34.4 percent of all law enforcement agencies that participate in the UCR Program.

The crime is an action that people do it in illegal. Criminals do not care about the people who live with them. The crime is very positive thing in any country around the world. Community do not fell save and the police working very hard to control the criminals. Also, that cost a lot of money for the government and they sometimes cannot do anything for the criminal because it poor country like Cuba. On other hand, development country such as the UK has much deferent type of crimes, the UK government has very strong law for any crime and the judges do not break the law for any personal gain. However, now Britain has about 8,000 cameras CCTV in the network on most of the UK roads, it is great system because it decrease the numbers of crimes

Victimization is a consequence of the weak terrorizing the weaker. Individuals that commit acts of discrimination, bias or other kinds of isolated mischief bear some form of deficiency. It has been explained that victims can originate from crime attributed with society, families and peers. They can usually be identified from the Victimology theory profile. Surroundings, environment and opportunity are only some of many components that provoke people to victimize others. September 11, 2001 was a black day that America will not easily forget; however, it certainly not licenses Americans to abuse Arab Americans.

Outline and explain the three key goals victims can pursue through the criminal justice system.

By reading the criminal Victimization, 2014 article it was a little surprising that there is not a lot of change comparer to what we actually see in the news today. I wasn’t aware that at some point men were more victimized then women. Now a day’s we tent to see more women maybe because we feel the need to share it more freely then men.

Victimology refers to that study of social science which deals with the different traits and behavior that is exhibited by criminals and victim studies in crimes. (Zaykowski, 2011)

“The key characteristics of positivist victimology can be described as, the identification of factors which contribute a non-random pattern of their own victimisation, a focus on interpersonal crimes of violence and a concern to identify victims who may have contributed to their own victimisation.”

Victims of crime, particularly those violent in nature, have their rights violated and experience exceedingly high level of trauma and stress (Appendix B, 2015). It is surprising then, that Criminal Justice Systems (CJS) around the world forgo many victims’ rights and provided limited space for them to interact with the system (Sarre, 1999). Rather systems are built around balancing the rights of offenders against the greater safety and need of the community whilst neglecting individual justice needs of the victims (Sarre, 1999). With limited rights and minimal involvement a victim often becomes a disposable utensil to the CJS (Clark, 2010). They are used by the courts to determine the ultimate truth so justice may be served, with no care for the damage that may be caused in the process and then disposed of the case is concluded (Braun, 2014). In 2011-2012 a victimisation survey revealed that 1.2 million Australians were victims of personal crimes, such as assault, robbery and sexual assault (Australian Institution of Criminology, 2013). Of these victims, only half of the crimes were reported to the police (Australian Institution of Criminology, 2013). Such low reporting rates have been contributed in part to this notion of imbalance offender VS victims’ rights (Braun, 2014). Due to the sensitive nature of sexual crimes, the limited available evidence and victim rights, these crimes tend to carry the lowest reporting rates (Braun, 2014). During the latest Australian

According to Bartollas & Miller (2014), discrepancy between the number of people who say they were victimized and the number of crimes known to the police varies with the type of offense (p.33). A lot of times police officers choose which crime to report due to the seriousness nature of the criminal behavior. Although a crime is a crime no matter how serious it may or may not be many officers are bias towards the type they report. Plus, many crimes don’t get reported to the police and therefore go undocumented. A good deal of crimes goes undocumented because people do not like to call the police instead they want to either brush the crime under the table due to being family, or they want to handle it by themselves without the interference of

A victim is someone who has suffered through a harm or has affected either physically or emotionally by a crime that was committed by another person or persons . Victims of a violent crime may suffer from not only the financial stress but also from their injuries and the emotional trauma. Recovering from the violence or abuse that was inflicted upon someone can have a huge effect on them and how they live for the rest of their lives. These human beings would suffer from either long or short term emotions of fear, paranoia, nervousness, and skittishness. Although many of the victims say and feel like they are able to/ have no choice but to cope with the many physical and emotional burdens and need to live out their daily lives as if nothing has happened. Almost all the victims will need counselling to come to terms with what has happened.

The victim care program is an important resource that helps victims in the criminal justice system. Refugee and immigrant victims can find it hard to deal with the criminal justice system in the United States. This program is designed to assists these individuals in the court system. This paper will focus on the Victim Care Program in Fort Wayne. An evaluation of this program is aimed at understanding its role and effectiveness. The data provides by Victim Care Program will help to evaluate the worth of the program. Understanding these roles will help to create recommendations that can help to improve service delivery in its operations.