What is it about the person/place that make them an ‘easier target’? Or what is it about the person/place that makes an offender think twice before committing the crime? Basically I want you to think like an offender- why would you choose this person or place?
Why This Victim In Chapter 3, the author describes the idea of “victim blaming”. Victim blaming has been controversial in victimology because we don’t want to ever say the victim was responsible for what happened to them; but, it is useful to know why this person was selected by an offender. Victimologists and criminologists work […]