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Des Moines Area
Community College
COURSE COMPETENCY INFORMATION
Effective Date: August 2009
Acronym/Number: CRJ 128 Historical Reference:
Course Title:
Victimology
Credit Breakout: 3 3 0 0 0
(Total Credits:
Lecture Lab Practicum Work Experience)
1hr/crdt 2hrs/crdt 3hrs/crdt 4hrs/crdt (unsupervised)
PREREQUISITE:
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is an overview of the study of victims. The course covers the history of victimology.
The plight of crime victims, society’s changing view of victims, and the role of law
enforcement, the courts, and corrections in dealing with victims. Victim groups with special
needs, such as police officers/correctional officers who are injured or killed in the line of duty,
are also examined.
COURSE COMPETENCIES:
During this course, the student will be expected to:
1. Define victimology.
1.1 Discuss origins of victimology.
1.2 Compare victimology with criminology.
1.3 Describe what victimologists do.
1.4 Delineate the need for victimologist to remain neutral.
2. Describe how victimology contributes to rediscovery process.
2.1 List overlooked problems and group of victims.
2.2 Explain companion social movements.
2.3 Define the role of research.
3. Describe how to analyze data from the UCR and NCVS.
3.1 Use statistics to reveal patterns of criminal behavior.
3.2 Delineate trends over time.
3.3 Draw profiles of what is typical of crime.
3.4 Draw profiles of what is typical of victims.
4. Describe how to use research to reduce risk.
4.1 List risk-reduction activities.
4.2 List avoidance strategies.
4.3 List risk management tactics.
5. Write a risk deduction strategy.
5.1 Describe victim/offender shared responsibility.
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