Four Major Theories of Victimization

Text Box: Limitations
1.	Might be translated as victim blaming
Text Box: Strengths
1.	Shows the dynamics between victims and offenders.
2.	Shows how victimization happens.
3.	Helps us understand offender’s motivations
Text Box: Major tenants
1.	Victim may initiate confrontation
2.	Victim may be abrasive and obnoxious
3.	Victim may be a risk taker.
Text Box: 1. Victim precipitation theory Major theories of victimization.

Even though are the four theories have positives and negatives. The theory that I think best explain victimization. The routine activity theory greatly demonstrates that crime will happen where there is opportunity and there is lack of security. places with high security such as neighborhood watch and availability of police act as great deterrence criminals so it won’t matter so much weather you are walking alone at night or you left your house unlocked.

Reference

Hollier, R. (2016). Victimology: four major theories.               https://www.thelawproject.com.au/victimology-four-major-theories


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