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Contents
ORIENTATION (v)
THEME 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMS OF CRIME 1
1.1 Crime victims: definition and problems related to victimisation 5
1.2 General profile of crime victims 14
THEME 2: VICTIM VULNERABILITY, SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF VICTIMS
AND VICTIM EMPOWERMENT 23
2.1 Victim vulnerability 27
2.2 Specific categories of victims who are particularly vulnerable to crime
35
2.3 Victim support and victim empowerment 47
THEME 3: CRIME PREVENTION AND REDUCTION 67
3.1 Various approaches to crime prevention and control 71
3.2 The South African National Crime Prevention Strategy 89
3.3 Individual and general prevention of crime through punishment 104
BIBLIOGRAPHY 116
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Course diagram
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY: VICTIMS AND REDUCTION OF CRIME
THEME 1
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMS OF CRIME (E JOUBERT)
THEME 2
VICTIM VULNERABILITY, SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF VICTIMS AND VICTIM EMPOWERMENT
(A VAN DER HOEVEN, REVISED BY F HERBIG AND I ROOS)
THEME 3
CRIME PREVENTION AND REDUCTION (F HERBIG AND N DASTILE)
, Orientation
NB: First read Tutorial letters 101 and KRMAL1C for this course, before
attempting to study the themes in Module CMY1502.
We welcome you to this module: Introduction to criminology: Victims
and reduction of crime and we trust that you will experience your studies
as interesting and enlightening. The subject matter is of particular relevance on a
local, national and international level. We trust that your studies in this course
will be successful and that you will find several possible applications in your
professional field as well as in your everyday life. Please do not hesitate to
contact us should you experience any problems with, or have any questions
regarding the work.
The lecturers who compiled the study guide approached the subject matter
from two perspectives, namely:
● a practical-functional or pragmatic approach to the objectives of
criminology which assumes that the subject has to relate to or take
account of the needs of a community
This means that our primary aim is to make information available to
you in a critical and systematic way to enable you to develop better
insight into and an understanding of the crime phenomenon. A
secondary aim is to teach you contextual problem solving which arises from
applying acquired knowledge and insight.
● the principles of curriculum design identified in the 1996
Curriculum Framework (CDWG 1996:11–16)
These principles remind us that an outcomes-based curriculum has to
contribute to aspects such as learner-centeredness, the development of
human resources by promoting continued (ongoing) learning, and the application
and development of new knowledge and skills. This is an integrated approach
that rejects the rigid division between academic and applied knowledge, theory
and practice and knowledge and skills; and promotes lifelong learning, critical and
creative thinking, nation building and non-discrimination, national credibility and
quality assurance.
Objective
The objective of this course is to accompany and guide you as you acquire
knowledge and understanding as well as problem-solving skills related to
crime victims and reducing crime. We will help you to become more closely
acquainted with:
● the term ‘‘victims of crime’’
● a profile of the crime victim
● victim vulnerability
● crime prevention and crime reduction
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