Victimization at School and Work

This week’s required readings discuss the unique situations that lead to victimization at work and at school. Victimization has an immediate impact on the victim, however, it can also have residual personal and economic impact on an individual, communal, and societal level.

In your initial post

• Discuss school and workplace victimization.
• Define the specific types of victimization, the characteristics of victims, risk factors, consequences, and methods used to address the abuse.
• Explain how victims may contribute to their victimization.
• Critique the criminal justice system’s response to victims of school and workplace violence.

Your initial post must contain approximately 400 words and reference at least two scholarly sources in proper APA format.

Guided Response: Please respond to at least two of your colleagues’ initial posts. In the same way that your initial posts should be substantive, response posts to your colleagues should also be meaningful and advance the discussion of the issues, ideas, and questions that were raised in the initial posts. While you can be supportive of your peers by saying, "I agree" or "Wow, I never thought of that," these same statements alone are not sufficient. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) on Day 7 of the week, and respond with robust dialogue to anyone who replies to your initial post.