Victimology: The Study of Victims

9. Sample short essay prompts and answer skeletons

• Prompt: “Evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation versus retribution as aims of punishment.”
  1. Victim Support Services: Providing emotional support, counseling, and advocacy to victims of crime.
  2. Restorative Justice: Focusing on repairing the harm caused by crime and promoting healing for both victims and offenders.
  3. Victim Compensation: Providing financial assistance to victims of crime to help them recover from their losses.

  Prison Administration: Discusses the history of the prison system, prison reforms in India, and the classification of prisoners. criminology penology and victimology nv paranjape pdf

  The first section of the book focuses on the "why" behind criminal activity, analyzing the root causes and evolving definitions of crime. while the juvenile offender is pathologized.

  • The White-collar criminal (using a shell company to evade taxes) is treated differently than the blue-collar thief (stealing food).
  • The political offender is often martyred, while the juvenile offender is pathologized.