Victim Precipitation Theory in Criminology

Running Head: Criminology 0
Criminology
Victim Precipitation
Student’s Name
10/23/2018

Criminology
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Contents
Background /Introduction................................................................................................................2
Support of Theory............................................................................................................................2
Criticism of Theory..........................................................................................................................3
Crime Control..................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5

Criminology
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Background /Introduction
Behind every crime, some factors are there that force a person to commit that crime.
These forcing factors are generally known as criminology theories (Tania, 2014). Victim
precipitation theory is one of them, which says that a victim’s interaction with the offender, leads
a crime. It means, the theory states that many of the time victim’s behavior becomes the lead
cause of a crime. The theory mainly applies to cases of robbery, rape, and assault.
Many of the times, a victim do some act that provokes a person to commit a crime. This
theory can be understood by an example. For instance, according to this theory, the short dress of
a girl is treated as a cause of rape. This theory is one of the leads and significant theories in the
field of criminology. In the following research, the discussion will be made on support and
against this theory.
Support of Theory
Petherick, W. (2017). Victim Precipitation: Why we need to Expand Upon the Theory. Forensic
Research & Criminology International Journal, (5) 2.
Many of the cases are there when a crime was expected to happen regardless the actions
of the victim, however, this cannot be ignored that many times, victim’s action plays an
important role in the happening of a crime. Every time, a person who commits a crime cannot be
held liable for the same but many of the times victims is also responsible for an act of a criminal.
In support of this theory, this is to state that the behavior of a victim is a significant term to study