CJ 322 - Victimology

Interactivity: Discussion Board

Final Assessment: Final Paper

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• Explain the development of the field of victimology.
• Identify conceptual boundaries of victimology.
• List the basic concepts and literature within various subareas of victimology.
• Explain policy developments and practical application that stem from this concern over victims.
• Describe the progress away from a criminal justice system toward achieving a victim justice system.
• Identify major issues in the scientific study of victims.
• Identify the topics studied by victimologists.
• Describe the victim movement and identify how it increased public interest in victims of crime.
• Describe the future of victimology as it relates to the criminal justice system.