Victomology Assignment

Grace needs you to provide information from 8 of the following 12 areas of discussion: 3-4 pages. min 3 refrences

• Give a definition of victimology.

• What is the history of victimology, and how has it developed?

• Explain how it is different from criminology, sociology, or psychology.

• Who established the first safe houses for battered women? Where and when were these safe houses established?

• Who established the first rape crisis centers? Where and when were these centers established?

• How has the Civil Rights movement contributed to antidiscrimination efforts and the establishment of hate crime legislation and policy?

• What role have children's rights groups played in highlighting the problems that child victims face in the criminal justice system?

• Which organizations might she contact that provide specific advocacy for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and homicide?

• What services are not provided by government crime compensation programs?

• Explain the need for all states to require mandatory reporting by religious organizations of child abuse by clergy.

• How can the media be used to affect change in states that do not yet require mandatory reporting?

• Research the clergy abuse in a state of your choice, and answer the following:

o If mandatory reporting exists, how long has this been a requirement? What organizations are involved in tracking and helping the victims with this type of abuse?

o If mandatory reporting does not exist, what alternative processes exist for reporting clergy abuse?