THE IMPACT OF VICTIMIZATION.
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The Impact of Victimization Introduction Criminology is defined as a scientific study that looks into the causes of crime, nature of the crimes committed, ways to control the criminality behavior of those engaged in crime, and to what extent the crime affects individual members of the society and the society as a whole (Levinson, 2002). To best deal with the effects or causes of the major component of the social science, criminology, it is usually best to understand the main component; which in this case is the crime itself. There are three main sides to any crime: The crime perpetrator, the victim of the crime, and lastly the investigative authority. The perpetrator is usually the individual who benefits the most from the occurrence of any crime, while the victim is the person or group of persons that bear the greatest blunt of the crime, usually those who suffer directly from the acts of the perpetrator. The investigative authority is the last side that is usually charged with the task of finding the usually mysterious perpetrator and kick starts the process of justice for the victims by identifying the perpetrator. Based on the fact that it usually is the crime victim who stands to loose the most from the occurrence of a crime, criminology takes a closer look at these individuals through a sub section known as victimology. Victimology can loosely be defined as the study outlaying the effects of victimization ranging from the victims to the offenders and their interaction during the search for justice via criminal courts, and how the victims connect with the social systems such as businesses, media or any other institutions (Levinson, 2002). The aim of this research paper is to look at the different types of criminal victimization, the domain of where greatest victimization
