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victiˈmology
[ad. F. victimologie (B. Mendelsohn 1956, in Rev. Internat. de Criminol. et de Police Technique Apr.–June 97/1), f. victime victim n.: see -logy.]
The study of the victims of crime, esp. of the psychological effects on them of their experience. Hence victiˈmologist.
1958New Statesman 5 July 6/1 We ought to establish a new science of victimology with chairs at the universities, field workers studying the effects rather than the causes of crime, and a special department assessing the impact of sex-crime on women. 1964Economist 1 Feb. 417/1 ‘Victimology’, an unusual aspect of the sociology of murder. 1971Time 5 July 46 Some victimologists contend that rape victims invite attack. 1978Practitioner Feb. 301/1 Any one of these fields of study—stress, coping, captivity, victimology—is a springboard for analysing the particular plight of the victim of terrorism. |