Vol.8, No 1, 2010 pp. 65-78
UDC 343.98
VICTIMOLOGY:
A Contemporary Theoretical Approach to Crime and its Victim
Miomira Kostić
Faculty of Law, University of Niš, Serbia
E-mail: kosticm@prafak.ni.ac.rs
In this article, the author has provided a brief overview of diverse theoretical conceptions generated in the course of development of victimology both as an independent scientific discipline and as a sub-discipline of criminology. Starting from the concept of penal victimology and moving towards the concept of general victimology, the author presents the victimologists' critical remarks on general victimology as well as the opinions speaking in favour to penal victimology and feminist-oriented victimology. Further on, the author explores the concept of resilience and its significance in the treatment of crime victim.
Key words:
Penal victimology, general victimology, feminist victimology, resilience
VIKTIMILOGIJA -
SAVREMENI NAUČNI POGLED NA KRIMINALITET I NJEGOVU ŽRTVU
U radu autorka je ukazala na raznovrsnost shvatanja tokom razvoja viktimologije kao samostalne naučne discipline ili kao poddiscipline kriminologije – počev od penalne ka opštoj viktimologiji. Iznela je kritičke stavove viktimologa o opštoj viktimologiji i stavove u korist penalne i feministički orijentisane viktimologije. Bavila se pitanjima značaja rezilijentnosti u tretmanu žrtava zločina.
Ključne reči:
penalna viktimologija, opšta viktimologija, feministička viktimologija, rezilijentnost.
