Ethical challenges Covid-19 poses for victimology

• Fattah, Ezzat A. ^[1]
  1. [1] DHC (Liege), FRSC.
• Localización: Revista de Victimología, ISSN-e 2385-779X, Nº. 11, 2021, págs. 13-20
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Los desafíos éticos que la Covid-19 plantea a la victimología
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  • What is victimology? To search for a valid, universal definition of this relatively new term is an exercise in futility! Is victimology a scientific discipline? Is it an academic field? Is it a scholarly and research endeavor? Is it a helping profession? A social movement? A humanitarian crusade? Is it about criminal justice reform? Is it an advocacy/partisan enterprise? Is it a political campaign? Is it an action plan? Is it a neutral undertaking?Yes, what exactly is victimology? Contrary to other social sciences whose subject-matter can be easily grasped from the title, victimology seems to denote different things to different observers. For obvious reasons, defining victimology is way beyond the scope of this essay.