Victim-Blaming
Definition
Treating the victim's choices as causes of the offence. Distinct from victimology, which treats them as access vectors for the offender. The two get confused routinely in Indian media coverage.
Related terms
- Risk Level
- A three-band code (low, medium, high) describing how exposed the victim's routine made them to becoming a target. Based on lifestyle, occupation,...
- Targeted vs Opportunistic
- Targeted offences are aimed at a specific victim for who they are. Opportunistic offences pick whoever is accessible at the moment. Different...
- Victim-Offender Relationship (VOR)
- A spectrum from stranger through acquaintance, friend, family member, to intimate partner. Most Indian homicides fall toward the known end of the...
- Victimology
- The sub-field of criminology that studies crime victims: their characteristics, the victim-offender relationship, the impacts of victimisation, and the adequacy of legal...
Explained in
- Victim Profiling and VictimologyTreating the victim's choices as causes of the offence. Distinct from victimology, which treats them as access vectors for the offender. The two get confused r...