As described by Aronson (2012), individuals often have the tendency to blame the victim for their victimization by associating their situation to personality characteristics or stereotypes that may exist about the particular person. One motivation for people to blame the victim could stem from a desire to view the world as fair and just (Aronson, 2012), or in other words if precautions were taken that could have protected them from a certain situation, the crime might not have occurred. For example, if an elderly person was in the midst of crossing the street when the cross-walk signal changed and someone drove through the intersection (having a green light) and hit the elderly person, it might be easy for the individual driving to blame the
