VICTIM - INDUCED, VICTIM-INVITED, AND VICTIM PRECIPITATED CRIMINALITY - SOME PROBLEMS IN EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS FOR VICTIM COMPENSATION (FROM VICTIMOLOGY, 1974 BY ISRAEL DRAPKIN AND EMILIO VIANO - SEE NCJ-12281)

• NCJ Number: 30600
• Author(s): M FOONER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: Lexington Books
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT IF SOCIETY ASSUMES SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING THE VICTIM 'WHOLE', IT SHOULD ALSO REQUIRE VICTIM BEHAVIOR THAT WILL DIMINISH TEMPTATION/OPPORTUNITY SITUATIONS FOR OFFENDERS.

Abstract

RECOMMENDED ARE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON CITIZEN DEFENSES AGAINST CRIMINALITY AND LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS WHICH MAKE VICTIM COMPENSATION CONTINGENT UPON ACTIONS NOT BEING CONTRIBUTORY TO THE CRIME. ALSO SUGGESTED IS THE NEED TO STUDY THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMPENSATION AND CARELESSNESS, AND CARELESSNESS AND CRIMINAL INCENTIVES, AND TO CAREFULLY DEFINE STANDARDS OF CITIZEN BEHAVIOR QUALIFYING COMPENSATION FOR CITIZENS INJURED WHILE ASSISTING A LAW OFFICER OR WHILE RESTRAINING AN OFFENDER ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE.