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vic·tim·ol·o·gy

 (vĭk′tə-mŏl′ə-jē)
n.
The study of crime victims.

vic′tim·ol′o·gist n.
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victimology

(ˌvɪktɪˈmɒlədʒɪ)
n
(Sociology) the study of the psychological effects experienced by the victims of crime
ˌvictiˈmologist n
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victimology

n (branch of criminology) → Viktimologie f
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'This number is, in fact, an improvement from the 6.6% crime victimization rate posted in the 1st quarter from January thru March 2018 and the double digit 11.4% from April to June 2016,' Albayalde said.
The number is an improvement from the 6.6-percent crime victimization rate posted in the first quarter from January to March and the double digit 11.4 percent from April to June, the PNP chief said.
Meanwhile, the total crime volume decreased by 15.61 percent in January to August 2018 as compared with the crime volume during the same period in 2017, while the decrease noted in the crime victimization rate between the first and second quarters of 2018 is even wider at 20 percent, it added.
Ulmer, professor of sociology and criminology at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, found that the white homicide victimization rate declined to 3.1 per 100,000 (from 4.8 in 1990).
The victimization rate is calculated by dividing the total number of victims (report-child pairs) by the population aged 0-17 years and expressed as the number of victims per 1,000 children.
The study found an individual victimization rate of 2.7% and a household victimization rate of 11.7% over a six-month period.
The infant mortality rate, the preterm birth rate, and the adolescent birth rate all continued to decline, average mathematics scores increased for 4th and 8th grade students, the violent crime victimization rate among youth fell, as did the percentage of young children living in a home where someone smoked, according to the federal governmenta[euro](tm)s annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation's children and youth.
Average mathematics scores for 4th- and 8th-grade students increased, and the violent crime victimization rate among youth decreased.
One significant finding: the total crime victimization rate of students at school declined from 43 victimizations per 1,000 students in 2009 to 32 per 1,000 students in 2010.
IDEAL is being carried out in research partnership with Brandon University as a means to resolve some of the issues that plague the One Arrow First Nation such as high drop out rates, difficulties at home and at school, high incarceration rate, high victimization rate, risky behaviours, and high rates or attempts at suicide.
By state, Missouri had the highest black homicide victimization rate -- its rate of 39.90 per 100,000 was more than double the national average for black homicide victims.
In this regard, there must have been something else influencing the high victimization rate observed in high-income group.