Victimology and the Press: Analysis of the Reflection of Victimology in Hamshahri Newspaper from Sociological Point of View

The present study tries to analyze the aspect of the reflection of victimology in the press from sociological perspective. To attain that end, the authors selected 200 news randomly from among Hamshahri newspaper printed in the first half on the year 2010.The findings of the study demonstrated that most victims were married young males with average-level economic status who were unfamiliar with the criminals.Most female victims were shown to be single; Juveniles with low-level economic status were most of the violent crime victims. Nevertheless, Hamshahri has introduced victims of high and average-level economic status, the major victim group.