Victimology Exam One with Complete Solutions

Victimology Exam One with Complete Solutions Victim precipitation - ANS ️️ Extent to which victims are responsible for their own victimization Concept problematic when used to blame victim Victim facilitation - ANS ️️ Victim unintentionally makes it easier for offender to commit a crime Victim not blameworthy but actions made victim a more likely target Explains why some individuals targeted over others Victim provocation - ANS ️️ Person's actions incite another person to commit a crime Crime would not have occurred without victim's actions Provocation connotes blame Hans von Hentig (13) - ANS ️️ Looked at the characteristics of victims that put them at risk -Young -Females -Old -Immigrants -Depressed -Mentally defective or deranged