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
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- The sub-field applying victimology's core questions to harm occurring through networked computers and digital platforms, built on its own typologies rather than...
- Disaster Victimology
- The study of harm from natural, industrial or transport disasters, including how human decisions shape the scale and distribution of a nominally...
- Image-Based Sexual Abuse
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- Cyberstalking
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- Genocide and Atrocity Victims
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- Online Harassment and Cyberstalking
- Persistent unwanted contact, monitoring or coordinated harassment online, frequently perpetrated by someone already known to the victim, unlike most financial cyber fraud.
- Secondary Online Victimisation
- Harm added by an institution's response rather than the original offender, such as slow platform takedowns, inconsistent moderation or police unfamiliarity with...
- Secondary Victimisation
- Additional harm caused to a victim through the process of reporting and investigation, such as disbelief, insensitive questioning, or retraumatisation. Fear of...
Explained in these topics
- Mass Victimisation and Cyber Victimology (Unit X)Harm produced simultaneously in a large number of people by one cause, such as a disaster, an atrocity or a security failure, rather than by many separate, ind...
- Mass Victimisation and Cyber Victimology