n Acta Criminologica: Southern African Journal of Criminology - The three major victimological paradigms - a theoretical 'road map' for victimology

Abstract

This article is the second of a series which analyses some of the key issues in modern victimology. The first article (Garkawe 2001) examined the importance, scope and some of the major criticisms of modern Victimology, as well as its relationship to Criminology. The main purpose of this article will be to provide the reader with an account of the three major victimological paradigms.