Recognizing the Paradigm of the Unknowing Victim and the Implications of Liminality

This article presents the novel conceptualization of the unknowing victim (UV) and addresses the ethical ramifications of this status. Criminology and victimology have primarily focused on knowing victims, but certain crimes occur without the victim’s detection (e.g. sexual assault of an unconscious...

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Authors: Ost, Suzanne (Author) ; Gillespie, Alisdair A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2024, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 194-210
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Keywords:
unknowing victims
Liminality
Ignorance
Disclosure
Harm