Victim Precipitation Theory

Victim Precipitation Theory discusses how a victim can actively or passively play a role in the crime itself. Conduct an internet search for a current (less than two years old) case or article about a crime victim. In a well-constructed, one page essay (500+ words), discuss how the victim either actively or passively participated in the crime.

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The victim precipitation theory illustrates how individual’s conducts or behaviors may contribute to their victimization. In this theory, victims may initiate actions knowingly or unknowingly thus making them participants of the crime (Tepper, et al., 2006). When a victim deliberately provokes an offender by using insulting words or attacking the criminal, such a person is identified as an active victim. On the other hand, when an individual unknowingly behaves in a way that provokes the criminal, such as a person is recognized as a passive victim. Most of these cases are encountered in homicides, sexual assaults, and other aggressive crimes…

 

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