NORMATIVE VICTIMOLOGY – SUFFIVIENCY OR SELF-GIVENNESS

Abstract

In the paper, the author emphasizes the importance of victimology as a sub-discipline of criminology, which deals with issues of victimization, victimogenesis and resilience. In addition to the study of victims of crimes and other punishable acts, a liberal current has also developed in victimology, which includes not only victims of street crime, but also issues of victims of less visible forms of crime, such as white-collar crime and structural crime. In her paper, the author emphasizes the issue of resilience. In the literature, there is an understanding that everyone has the capacity for resilience. However, the individual must find himself in certain situations that will precede the fact that one person will be able to develop resilience, so everyone needs some support.