2PAGES VTIMOLOGY PAPER DUE IN 4-5 HOURS

VICTIMOLOGY MEMO DUE 5 HOURS

Submit your answers in 2–pageS Microsoft Word document.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format

.

For this assignment, your task is to draft an introductory memo for the advisory board of a not-for-profit victim support organization to explain what victimology is and the role of the victimologist. In your memo include the following information:

·         What is victimology? How does victimology lead to the belief of personal vulnerability? Be descriptive and use plain language that a layman will understand.

·         How do you define a victimologist? What are the differences between a victimologist and a criminologist? Use the definitions of victim and that of crime.

·         How do you interpret the functions of a victimologist and a criminologist? Provide examples to elaborate on the functions of a victimologist and criminologists.

·         How would you compare and contrast a victimologist and a victim; and criminologist and a crime?

·         Why do you think that the field of victimology is relevant to the criminal justice system?