... victimology research challenged the popular concept of 'stranger danger' and revealed that "women are significantly more likely to be victimised by a man they know than by a stranger." (Wilson, 2009, pp.97) These findings illustrate that feminist victimology has offered a substantial amount of knowledge to the discipline regarding rape and domestic violence by documenting the extent and impact of ... also offered an explanation of the relationship between masculine power and female victimisation by drawing upon research which shows that traditional gender norms reinforce and reward...

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