Meaning & use
victimology
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The branch of criminology that studies crime victims, including their psychological, social, and legal relationship to offenders.
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Her thesis in victimology examined how trauma affects witness testimony.
Victimology researchers study patterns in who becomes a target of crime.
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Emerged as a distinct field of academic study in the mid-20th century alongside criminology.
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