Precipitating factor can be defined as the extent to which an individual who has been victimised is responsible for that to happen, that is to what extent he or she has played a role to become a victim. While facilitating factors can be explained as when a person by his own negligence fail to take necessary measures and inadvertently make themselves an easy prey to criminals. Anyone be it in Mauritius or around the world can become a victim of crime by either these two ways. However it may also happen that these two factors overlap and both these factors are responsible for victimisation to happen.
First and foremost, there was the case that was just published about a woman who has just made a withdrawal of a large sum of money during her lunchtime.
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This can be proved by the recent naked celebrity photo leak of Jennifer Lawrence online. The pictures appeared Sunday on different websites and had to be removed by authorities. It remains a fact that any material which is published online even though is protected by privacy settings set by a website, can be hacked and distributed online. So in this case, posting personal information you do not want to disclose is clearly a facilitating factor to become a …show more content…
In 2010, there was a rape and murder case which occurred on the beach at Le Bouchon. The 2 victims a boy then aged 17 years old and his girlfriend then aged 16 years old were strolling on the beach in the early hours of the morning and were heading towards a bushy area. This acts as the precipitating factor here. The said suspect seeing the couple kissing attacked the boy with an iron rod which resulted in his death and dragged his body away. Then he raped the girl. . The fact that the couple were kissing oblivious of anyone surrounding them is the facilitating factor. Had they been more cautious this sad incident would not have
The vast amount of research has provided several explanations to account for the behavior of the offenders and the low rate in which sexual assault cases initiate criminal proceedings through a variety of theoretical perspectives. These include the classical approaches that focus on the individual who has committed sexual assault and the positivist approaches that aim to explain the social factors that influence the prosecution rates th...
Discuss the nature of victim participation in the criminal justice process. Provide your assessment on the adequacy of this participation.
Mary Margaret Farren was the wife of a successful husband. Among other things, at one point J. Michael Farren served as Deputy White House Counsel under President George W. Bush. Mary’s husband didn’t only exude power in his public life, although that is certainly one thing he was known for prior to January 2010. At home, the Farren household was troubled with fear and intimidation. Mary never thought Michael would go as far as it took to physically assault her. He lived a life about ethics. At first, the abuse was verbal and emotional. “I was careful never to not to trigger it,” Mary said when discussing the “rage” that Michael had (ABC News 2015). On January 6th, 2010, the physical assault peaked. Michael attacked Mary in their bedroom,
Considering personal relationships such as those with family, friends, intimate partners and peers may also influence the risks of becoming a victim or perpetrator of violence. For example, a poor relationship with parents and family, having violent and abusive friends may influence a young adult to get involved in or become a victim of violence.
Victimology can be defined as the claim that a person or a group of people undergo problems, due to victimization. This could be any sort of crime or discrimination against race, sex, gender and even income. Since social media is a transparent source of voicing everybody’s opinion, victimology has become stronger over the past years. Everyone claims to be a victim of some element of society. For example, racial victimology has spiked up ever since the shooting incident of Fergusson, Missouri. Social media has exaggerated the extent of racism involved in this incident. There have been so many opinions and thoughts shared about this story, that it is impossible to access the real incident underneath all these layers. People have been sharing posts and articles about similar racial discrimination ever since, where white
Everyone has been impacted by crime victimization at some point in their life. While not all will experience first-hand victimization, the impact effects many people. Understanding a person’s past victimization will aid in determining their strengths and needs. The world we live in is not perfect, people are messy, everyone has a story, and it is our job as human service professionals to serve each client with a holistic approach. It is often said that human service professionals enter the field because their own past experiences led them to want to help others through traumatizing, victimizing experiences as they were helped.
Crime and victimization are two topics that when combined most tend to get confused. According to Merriam-Webster being victimized is...
According to a statement addressing the sexual victimization of college women The Crime and Victimization in America states that, “ One out of four women will be sexually assaulted on a college campus.” This disturbing fact has not minimized throughout the years, instead it is continuing to worsen throughout college campuses. Sexual assault is not an act to be taken lightly. Society must stop pinpointing the individuals who commit these crimes one by one, but rather look at the problem as a whole and begin to understand the main cause of sexual assault and possible methods to reduce these acts of sexual coercion.
When it comes to falling victim to crime whether it’s violent or not, the victimization and embarrassment does not stop after the crime is done. Media can be useful in law enforcement and it can also be hurtful. While meant to spread awareness and helpful information, media can often relay too much information and potentially hurt people.
The authors of this article make the connection of the more sexual partners a homosexual male has is associated to how often he is victimized in school. This victimization is typically through violence and is also connected to the frequency the student skipped school out of fear, usage of drugs in school, and engaging in fights along with the possession of weapons in and out of school. Male students are mentioned more because they are more likely than females to disclose their sexuality. The article examined a study that asked students in grades 8-12 to complete a survey to gather this information.
Understanding the theories of victimology is important to understand the victims, we need to understand the four main theories of victimization. These theories are the principals of victim assessment. It will give the officer the tools to understand the motive behind the victimization giving him different types of views to analyze the victim. The four main theories of victimization are: Victim Precipitation, Lifestyle, Deviant Place, and Routine Activity. These four theories according to victimology give us the idea of how the victim become to be a victim. The word Victimization meanings “an act that exploits or victimizes someone” and “adversity resulting from being made a victim” (Vocabulary.com. Dictionary Victimization (2017)). By understanding the victim and the influences of their social life is important so we can give the victim the treatment and
Being involved socially online can open many doors to hackers and scammers. Posting too much information online can be a way for scammers to steal information.
Victim precipitation is separated into two different categories: victim facilitation and victim provocation. Victim facilitation being instances where the victim "facilitated" the crime by creating the opportunity, such as: walking around late at night in dangerous areas, going to the ATM and withdrawing large amounts of money at unsafe times or places, getting intoxicated and diminishing one's own capacity to protect themselves. In all these cases someone is more easily a target or a victim because of a situation they put themselves in making it easier to be taken advantage of. Victim provocation is an even more active role in potential victimization. Provocation is when the victim overtly entices or antagonizes their perpetrator. This could again go along with intoxication when someone is provoking or pushing the buttons of someone else to the point that they provoke violence from the second party.
1 in 5 women will experience sexual assault as an adult (cite). To me, that statistic is mindboggling. I’m not sure people are really aware of the fact that in our society women are raped every single day or maybe they are aware but it doesn’t truly affect their lives until it happens to them or someone they know. Rape is a serious crime. I’m not sure there is a worse crime than rape. Rape is when one person violates the personal space of another. More times than not the attacker is male and the victim is female. With rape not only are you at risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases but also your piece of mind is taken away. Women can experience symptoms of PTSD after being raped. Rape is crime where the act in itself is awful, but also dealing with it after is very painful as well. If our society were more knowledgeable about rape maybe it wouldn’t happen as much. Knowing the difference between the different characteristics of a serial rapist versus a single victim rapist could potentially help women or men identify their attacker, if they know what to look for. This may be more of a struggle for if the attacker is a stranger or a one-time offender, but if women are able to give details about their attack, this could help the criminal justice system find these criminals after the fact. In this paper, I will explain and critique three different studies that were conducted comparing and contrasting serial rapists and single-victim rapists.
Since rape is a sensitive issue, there are limited options that the social worker could take. One option would be to respect the self-determination of Rose to not discuss the assault again despite the fact she is showing poor mental health. By doing this, the social worker is not fulfilling her obligation to address client’s wellbeing. The second option would be to disclose the assault to her parents in an effort to encourage Rose to seek help. This, though, does not guarantee that Rose will be willing to seek help. In fact, telling her parents might harm Rose more as it is unknown how her parents will react. She may also not be ready for her parents to know. In addition, reporting to her parents can be seen as a betrayal