Mass Victimisation
Definition
Harm produced simultaneously in a large number of people by a single cause, such as a disaster, an act of war or a coordinated attack, rather than by discrete one-on-one criminal acts.
Related terms
- Cyber Victimology
- The study of victimisation that occurs through networked computers and digital platforms, including its distinct causes and consequences.
- Cyberstalking
- A persistent pattern of unwanted online contact, monitoring or threats directed at a specific person, carried out through email, social media, messaging...
- Disaster Victimology
- The branch of victimology concerned with identifying, supporting and compensating people harmed by natural, industrial or transport disasters.
- Image-Based Sexual Abuse
- The non-consensual creation, taking or distribution of intimate images, a term proposed in the 2010s to replace the misleading label revenge pornography.
- Secondary Victimisation
- Additional harm caused to a victim through the process of reporting and investigation, such as disbelief, insensitive questioning, or retraumatisation. Fear of...