Cj416 Victimology

DANDRIDGE MENDOZA

CJ416: VICTIMOLOGY

WRITING ASSIGNMENT: FINAL PAPER

February 19, 2013

Abstract

A commodification of victimization spreads as competing groups seek to define domestic violence as well as a victim. On one extreme we have the maximalist position, which says that domestic violence has reached epidemic levels. On the other extreme we have the minimalist position, which says that the problem exists, but not at levels claimed by many researchers. Cultural and social groups now have a vested interest in defining these terms. Their ideological beliefs reflect some portion of their definition of domestic violence and victimization. The maximalist perspective argues that children are increasingly vulnerable in modern society and that all efforts to protect them from kidnapping should be made. The minimalist perspective considers fears of kidnapping exaggerated and the incidence of the problem as limited.

Victims of domestic violence soon learn to recognized patterns then that they are battered and abused. Strikingly, it's a learning process because of the many manipulations involved by both abuser and abuse. Some victims do not define themselves as victims of violence. For these victims it's sometimes useful to use a checklist or series of questions to begin they’re self-informing. Ending denial of a relationship gone badly, dangerously bad, sometimes takes time and painful insights (Boyes-Watson, 2000). Criminal justice workers sometimes brings learning resources to the table when counseling victims of domestic violence. Learning that one's life has red flags to alert oneself begins by accepting the truth. There's no putting off this truth finding once the other's violence begins. Failure to do so may miss a perpetrator's lethality.

Victims sometimes have experiences and obstacles to overcome before making choices. They may not have a quick exit to prevent or handle their victimization or that of their children. Only until recently in our...