The theory “Victim Precipitation Criminal Homicide” refers to a criminology theory which includes the interaction of the victim with an offender that may contribute to the crime being committed. In the article named “Victim Precipitated Criminal Homicide” by Marvin E. Wolfgang, the summary of the theory described is that many victims involved in criminal homicide because of self-defense and some of the victims were provoked or assaulted before by the offender. Criminal Homicide can be referring in different aspects of provocation by the victim, to cause of the offense from murder to manslaughter, or from criminal to excusable homicide.
The Police Department of Philadelphia investigated the total of victims who were precipitated and the ones …show more content…
They had shown a significant difference in VP cases, but not in non VP cases it shows no significant at all. In race it shows that more …show more content…
Each hypothesis is supported by empirical data, which in some cases reach the level of statistical significance accepted by this study; and in other cases indicate strong associations in directions suggested by the hypotheses. A summary of each hypothesis with its collated data follows: (1) In VP cases, the victim is more likely than the offender to have a previous arrest, or police, record. The data show that 62 percent of the victims and 54 percent of the offenders in VP cases have a previous record. (2) A higher proportion of VP victims than non-VP victims have a previous police record. Comparison reveals that 62 percent of VP victims but only 42 percent of non-VP victims have a previous record. The association between VP victims and previous arrest record is a significant one”. The quotation explains the hypothesis of the previous arrest record and it shows that the victims were highly the ones who have been arrested before which it means that this is the main point of the judge when the victim presents him/herself in the court. Gathering the statistics of percent with previous arrest record has a major difference, comparison to percent with previous record of assault, with a low
The Police Department of Philadelphia investigated the total of victims who were precipitated and the ones …show more content…
They had shown a significant difference in VP cases, but not in non VP cases it shows no significant at all. In race it shows that more …show more content…
Each hypothesis is supported by empirical data, which in some cases reach the level of statistical significance accepted by this study; and in other cases indicate strong associations in directions suggested by the hypotheses. A summary of each hypothesis with its collated data follows: (1) In VP cases, the victim is more likely than the offender to have a previous arrest, or police, record. The data show that 62 percent of the victims and 54 percent of the offenders in VP cases have a previous record. (2) A higher proportion of VP victims than non-VP victims have a previous police record. Comparison reveals that 62 percent of VP victims but only 42 percent of non-VP victims have a previous record. The association between VP victims and previous arrest record is a significant one”. The quotation explains the hypothesis of the previous arrest record and it shows that the victims were highly the ones who have been arrested before which it means that this is the main point of the judge when the victim presents him/herself in the court. Gathering the statistics of percent with previous arrest record has a major difference, comparison to percent with previous record of assault, with a low