Understanding and Interpreting the Process of Victimization from the Viewpoint of Students at Allameh Tabataba'i University

One of the most important threats to the security of the various classes of the society is the occurrence of crimes within the community, which bring to victims a variety of psychological, economic and social consequences. The research examine the victimization of juvenile among students according to the context and of the problem. Therefore, the study is to understand and interpret the victimization process.The statistical population was all three graded students who studied at Allameh Tabatabai University in the academic year of 2018-2019. The sampling method was purposeful and the sample size equals to 30 students. The research method was qualitative and the data were collected by using semi-structured interview and analyzed with the technique of thematic. The results showed that the robbery is more prevalence than any other crime. As well as, most victims have been victimized in the late hours of the day and at night. Most of the victims believed they prefer to deal with the case in a personal way, which would prefer personalized face-to-face strategies. It means, they more utilize problem-solving skills than structural encounters and referral to judge institutions. Victims have been confronted three stages of thinking, feeling and experiencing, in the victimization process. Also, the most important consequences of victimization were including: the erosion of social norms, psychological distress, and self-reproach, and insanity, loss of capital and economic issues.