Victimology is a young discipline. Although it's origin can be traced back to the 1940s, it was the feminist movement, civil rights movement and victim's rights movements which actually gave it its depth. Yet still much of Criminology focuses on the offender, examining causes, categories of crimes, life-style patterns, sentencing and corrections. The discipline remains miniscule on research focusing on the victim, psychological and emotional harm, compensation, rights and patterns of behavior of victims. Few schools offer separate courses on victims. Those institutions which do have some discussion on harm to victim's, concentrate primarily on domestic abuse.