Essay On Victim Facilitation

Victim facilitation pertains to property crimes where a victim inadvertently or carelessly makes it easier for a thief to steal (Karmen, 2016). Furthermore, victim facilitation pertains to crimes like auto thefts, burglary, and identity thefts (Karmen, 2016). Therefore, victim facilitation can be compared to the situational crime prevention theory, since the victims of these crimes are enhancing the physical environment and opportunities needed for these property crimes to occur (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). Thus, the level of blameworthiness associated with victim facilitation is significant, because the victim negligently assists the offender in the commission of the crime (Karmen, 2016). Subsequently, reverting back to the situational crime prevention theory, victimization occurs because citizens do not emplace simple deterrence techniques to increase offender's risk of being arrested (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). For example, if victims of motor vehicle thefts did not leave their keys in the ignition, the city of Nashville would experience

Comparatively, victim provocation is similar to victim precipitation, except in victim provocation the victim was the one who most likely encouraged, goaded, challenged, or incited an attack which caused their wounds or death (Karmen, 2016). Consequently, victim precipitation and provocation are associated with crimes such as murder, robbery, assault, and rape (Karmen, 2016). Subsequently, in a collaborative study to differentiate victim precipitation and victim provocation, victimologists and criminologists conceded the victims that precipitate crimes are less blameworthy than those who provoke crimes (Karmen, 2016). In my own effort to distinguish the difference between victim precipitation and victim provocation, I developed scenarios for each