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The Greek ‘o’ and ‘1-o-g-y’ in victimology suggest a special branch of science. In turn, the implied scientific character of victimology suggests a focus on problems that are researchable by empirical methods. It seems timely, at the fifth international gathering of persons concerned about victims of various kinds, to examine this and alternative conceptions of victimology.
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Donald R. Cressey, ‘Democracy and the Third International Symposium on Victimology’, chapter in Hans Joachim Schneider (ed.), The Victim in International Perspective, Berlin: Walter de Gruyer, 1982, pp. 503–4.
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Cressey, D.R. (1992). Research Implications of Conflicting Conceptions of Victimology. In: Fattah, E.A. (eds) Towards a Critical Victimology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22089-2_3
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