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victim is a direct, positive precipitator in the crime. The role of the victim is char-acterized by his having been the first in the homicide drama to use physical force di-rected against his subsequent slayer.
Victim Precipitation Theory. Victim precipitation, also known as victim facilitation, refers to situations where the victim was the initial aggressor in the action that led to their harm or loss. The theory was first coined by Marvin Wolfgang, in his 1957 study of homicide.
23 Αυγ 2019 · Victim precipitation theory, the first theory of victimization, contends that victims contribute to the criminal events that harm them, either though victim facilitation or through victim provocation.
29 Νοε 2020 · This paper reviews the construct of victim precipitation, where the victim may actively do something or has characteristics that entice or incite an offender.
10 Φεβ 2018 · Wolfgang defined victim-precipitated offenses as those “in which the victim is a direct, positive precipitator in the crime.” Footnote 22 Based upon an analysis of the police records of 588 homicides in Philadelphia from 1948 to 1952, he calculated that in 26 percent of homicides the victim was the first person to resort to violence.
Wolfgang analysed empirical data of victim precipitated and non-victim precipitated homicides and examined differences and similarities in terms of race, sex, age, place and motive, victim-offender relationships, the presence of alcohol, and previous arrest record.
11 Οκτ 2012 · By and large, the notion of victim precipitated homicide is credited to Marvin Wolfgang (1967) who argued that the victim can, at times, directly influence the outcome of a violent encounter through his or her own behavior.
