Sentence examples for victimization from inspiring English sources

He told me that the government, in line with the demands of N.G.O.s representing the L.G.B.T. community, has embarked on a campaign to make officials in the criminal-justice system better aware of homophobic violence and to reduce the secondary victimization described by rape victims like Lungile Dladla.

They had the self-righteousness of victims preoccupied with their own victimization to the degree that they could not even imagine that they could commit any kind of injustice to another.

All primary victims, regardless of their level of victimization, have a need to reclaim a sense of control of their lives and to have their rights vindicated.

Nevertheless, the women of film noir often evoke sympathy, as they are frequently victims of emotional or physical abuse, with such victimization providing impetus for their vengeance.

There is a growing national recognition that racial inequality extends to victimization — people of color are more likely to be victims of violent crime than white people.

A liberal justification of punishment would proceed by showing that society needs the threat and the practice of punishment, because the goal of social order cannot be achieved otherwise and because it is unfair to expect victims of criminal aggression to bear the cost of their victimization.

Moreover, victimization is based on the experience of being wronged by another, and thus victims feel the need for authoritative condemnation of the wrong.

The victimization rate for other violent crimes with a firearm assaults, robberies and sex crimes was 75% lower in 2011 than in 1993.

Violent non-fatal crime victimization overall (with or without a firearm) also is down markedly (72%) over two decades.The Department of Justice recently reported similar stats.

Some research has focused on the related challenge of explaining why the risks of violent victimization vary so dramatically from group to group, especially by age, gender, social class, race, ethnicity, and area of residence (mostly as a result of exposure to dangerous persons because of routine activities as well as lifestyle choices).

He also coauthored, with Cosby, Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors (2007), a critique that addresses what the authors perceived to be a culture of victimization in African American families and communities.