Introduction Of Victim Facilitation, And Victim Facilagation

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1.0 Introduction of victim precipitation

Victim precipitation theories generally involve an explanation of how an individual’s behavior may contribute to his or her own victimization. In future the victim precipitation is behavior by a victim that initiates subsequent behavior of the victimizer and the degree to which victim is responsible for own victimization
Early attempts at studying victim behavior involved the development of typologies that allowed victimol-ogists to determine who was most responsible for the criminal incident offender or victim. For instance,
Wolfgang first introduced the formal concept of victim precipitation in his seminal work on homicide in 1958 when he argued that, in some instances, the victim may initiate the …show more content…

The victim negligence allows for certain crimes to be committed against them. They share a certain amount of blame. Through their thoughtlessness they increase their risks of becoming a victim.
Facilitation is similar to a catalyst in a chemical reaction that, given the right ingredients and conditions, speeds up the interaction
“Auto theft and burglary are the two most notable crimes cited in studies of facilitation. The text stated that a crime of facilitation may be when a person leaves a house door open and burglar walks in and steals their stuff. It went on to say these any crimes committed would be considered an illegal act of trespass by intruders seeking to commit thefts (Karmen, A., 2010)".
Victim Provocation are ideas associated with victims of murder, robbery, assault, and rape. Provocation is based upon the notion that the victim contributed to the acts against them. If you were to commit and armed robbery with a toy gun and were shot and killed in the process it would be an example of provocation. It does not justify the crime but makes sense in the realm of …show more content…

The law seems to be clear on the point: “Victim fault is not a defense, either partial or complete, to criminal liability.” “Don’t blame the victim” is probably one of the cornerstone maxims of Malaysia Jurisprudence system. On another hand, victim’s behavior in determining the level of the defendant’s criminal liability shall depend on the circumstances, how should we decide when the victim’s behavior is a mitigating factor and when it is irrelevant? To answer these questions, we need to integrate the victim into the theory of criminal law.
The fair and decent treatment of victims by the system can help them to some extent to get over their victimization. Moving forward, the aim to search for the causes of victimization and search for remedies or prevention are the first priority. Beside that we shall concern with how victims are defined, how victim react to experience and how society responds to victim and lastly we should have a system to and for dealing with

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