Implications Of Victim Precipitation And The Victims Of Crime

In order to define what victim’s facilitation, precipitation, and provocation terms mean; therefore, there would have to be some explanation for who is consider victims of crime. A victim is a person who suffered from a crime directly, mentally, physically, and financially. Anyone can be or become a victim of a crime. Victims were rarely recognized in the laws and policies that the governors of our nations fail to realize until 1970's. (Schmalleger & Smyklar, 2015) The legislation was too busy trying to make out if victims had rights in law as it relates to crime. Like always the government does not enforce or pass new laws unless someone petitions to sue. Consequently, victimologists and criminologists researchers suggest that specific criminal

(Karmen, 2016) Victim Precipitation means that the victim injured contributed to the acts of violence against them while understanding the interaction between the victim and the offender. (Karmen, 2016) Victim Precipitation differs in many ways, which the victim is the participant in the crime who acts first; and second, the victim encourages or provokes the offender to commit the crime. (Karmen, 2016) Victim Provocation means that the victim is more responsible than the victimizer for the fight that ensued. (Karmen, 2016) Therefore, provocation occurs when the victim incites another person to commit an illegal act; therefore, without the victim’s behavior, the offense would not have happened. (Karmen, 2016) For example, a woman works at a strip club offers a table dance to a patron. The woman notices the patron has money to provide for extra services. The woman offers the patron to exit the strip club after her shift ends. The patron except the offer to leave with the woman. The woman opens up her home to the patron to provide extra services such as a private dance; however, the patron wants additional services for his money. Therefore, the patron rapes the woman. The woman's poor judgment, excessive risk-taking, or pursuant self-destructive lifestyle caused her to be a victim of precipitation in her provocation actions towards the offender. The victim’s behavior

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