The attention is often riveted on the perpetrator when a crime occurs. What happens to the victim? Throughout the criminal process, it is critical the victims’ role is understood. Varying in seriousness, the use of force or violence affects victims physically, psychologically and in monetary value. Victims react differently from person to person, in addition the effects are short term or long term. Nevertheless, taking care of the victim remains the most important. Crimes are random, nevertheless there are factors that increase the chance of becoming victimized. Let’s take a closer look at the cost of crime on victims and theories that attempt to explain the causes of victimization.
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How can a person’s intercommunication with the perpetrator contribute to the crime being committed? This theory is further broken down into two categories, active precipitation and passive precipitation. Active precipitation refers to the victim acting provocatively, becomes confrontational and aggressive first. This mostly applies to situations like homicides where Wolfgang in 1958 analyzed that it applied to about 25% of murders. At one point you have come across a news article of two friends who became confrontational and the victim was the instigator; this can also apply in cases of sexual assault when a person dresses seductively. When the victim demonstrates characteristics that may seem threatening or encourages the attacker, it’s called passive precipitation. Many of these confrontations are due to personal conflict, such as a job promotion. The victim may or may not know the perpetrator however, if the perpetrator feels vulnerable they will take action accordingly. Regardless of which category of the theory of precipitation you take a look at it suggests that the victim is the first person to use some sort of force against the perpetrator. Instead of trying to focus on the intentions of the offender victim precipitation theory attempts to explain the interactions between both parties in which the victim is an active …show more content…
While some theories place the victim as part of the process, others don’t. The one mechanism that remains common, is that no matter how it is analyzed, the environment that surrounds us greatly influences a great part of an individual’s life. Safety precautions can be taken, however individuals have only so much control of where they can live due to their wealth or lack thereof. Specific neighborhoods will continue to be an area of high crime rate due to many characteristics that linked to one
Criminality as a constant characteristic of society has …show more content…
How can a person’s intercommunication with the perpetrator contribute to the crime being committed? This theory is further broken down into two categories, active precipitation and passive precipitation. Active precipitation refers to the victim acting provocatively, becomes confrontational and aggressive first. This mostly applies to situations like homicides where Wolfgang in 1958 analyzed that it applied to about 25% of murders. At one point you have come across a news article of two friends who became confrontational and the victim was the instigator; this can also apply in cases of sexual assault when a person dresses seductively. When the victim demonstrates characteristics that may seem threatening or encourages the attacker, it’s called passive precipitation. Many of these confrontations are due to personal conflict, such as a job promotion. The victim may or may not know the perpetrator however, if the perpetrator feels vulnerable they will take action accordingly. Regardless of which category of the theory of precipitation you take a look at it suggests that the victim is the first person to use some sort of force against the perpetrator. Instead of trying to focus on the intentions of the offender victim precipitation theory attempts to explain the interactions between both parties in which the victim is an active …show more content…
While some theories place the victim as part of the process, others don’t. The one mechanism that remains common, is that no matter how it is analyzed, the environment that surrounds us greatly influences a great part of an individual’s life. Safety precautions can be taken, however individuals have only so much control of where they can live due to their wealth or lack thereof. Specific neighborhoods will continue to be an area of high crime rate due to many characteristics that linked to one