Assignment #1
Question 1: Offenders are typically drawn to certain types of victims through target congruence. Target congruence theory suggests that some people are victimized more than once, and there are three elements that could possibly be the explanation to this. The three elements are target vulnerability, target gratifiability, and target antagonism. Target vulnerability suggests that victims possess characteristics which hamper their ability to resist or deter victimization. Target gratifiability suggests that victims possess characteristics, skills, or attributes that an offender wants to have or manipulate. Target antagonism suggests that victims possess characteristics that elicit anger, jealousy, or destructive impulses of the
Question 1: Offenders are typically drawn to certain types of victims through target congruence. Target congruence theory suggests that some people are victimized more than once, and there are three elements that could possibly be the explanation to this. The three elements are target vulnerability, target gratifiability, and target antagonism. Target vulnerability suggests that victims possess characteristics which hamper their ability to resist or deter victimization. Target gratifiability suggests that victims possess characteristics, skills, or attributes that an offender wants to have or manipulate. Target antagonism suggests that victims possess characteristics that elicit anger, jealousy, or destructive impulses of the