criminology
usually disapproving
the belief that someone's problems are caused because they have been victimized(= treated unfairly), especially when this is used as an excuse for something:
When you continually blame others, are you not guilty of victimology?
These people are driven by an emotional “them and us” response, along with a certain amount of victimology.
Forensic evidence, crime scene dynamics, and victimology will probably reveal the true circumstances surrounding the deaths.
He said that it was a principle of victimology that members of designated victim groups are especially susceptible to certain diseases.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Crime - general words
accuse someone of a crime
anti-crime
anti-fraud
anti-narcotics
arrestable
caper
crookedness
delinquency
delinquently
driving under the influence
DUI
illegality
netherworld
non-crime
offence
on all counts
outrage
white-collar crime
wrongdoing
zero tolerance
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Treating people or animals badly