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THE IMPORTANCE OF DETERMINING RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS A wife returns home late at night after having a tryst with her landscaper at a motel. Her husband, an executive and former professor, becomes enraged and slams her face into the floor of the garage, splitting her head open. The police find her blood-soaked […]

TRANSCENDING VICTIM BLAMING AND VICTIM DEFENDING: SYSTEM BLAMING The analysis above of murders, robberies, burglar- ies, auto thefts, and identity thefts uncovered some strengths and weaknesses of both victim blaming and victim defending. Contrary to sweeping char- acterizations made by some victimologists, victim blaming is not inherently an exercise in scapegoat- ing, an example of

How Many Violent Crimes Were Precipitated or Provoked? The issue of the victims’ roles in street crimes was systematically explored in the late 1960s by the National Commission on the Causes and Preven- tion of Violence (NCCPV). As its name suggests, the blue-ribbon panel was searching for the roots of the problem and for practical

Red Flags That Indicate a Theft May Have Taken Place The Federal Trade Commission (2011) emphasizes the impor- tance of early detection as a way to minimize harm. It suggests that consumers monitor their accounts regularly and be on the alert for any suspicious activities, such as the following signs that impostors may have recently

Scrutinize bills and account statements for unautho- rized transactions. Request information about security procedures at doc- tors’ offices, businesses, educational institutions, and workplaces, such as who has access to databases, whether records are kept in a safe location, and how old files are disposed of. Don’t carry a Social Security card in a wallet or

VICTIM PRECIPITATION AND PROVOCATION Victim facilitation is a possibility in burglaries, motor vehicle thefts, and identity thefts. Charges of precipitation and provocation are hurled at vic- tims of murder, robbery, assault, and rape (see Chapter 10 for an extensive analysis). A husband-and-wife team, each with a history of robbery arrests and drug abuse, embark on

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FRAUD DIVISION, 2008 Furthermore, many people would consider abiding by the long lists of dos and don’ts recom- mended in Box 5.4 to be unreasonable (such as workers grilling their employers about how well their personnel files are safeguarded); impractical (customers refusing to provide Social Security num- bers to creditors); burdensome

FBI AGENT JEFF LANZA, 2006 (FBI, 2008) The first line of defense against identity theft often is an aware and motivated consumer who takes rea- sonable precautions to protect his information. Every day unwitting consumers create risks to the security of their personal information. From failing to install firewall protection on a computer hard drive

How Many Identity Thefts Were Victim-Facilitated? Protect your Social Security number and other per- sonal information. Don’t let identity thieves rob you of your educational future! B O X 5.4 Advice to Motorists About Vehicle Theft What the Insurance Industry Recommends in Order to Safeguard the Vehicle: The insurance industry advises it customers to take

FRANK SCAFIDI, NATIONAL INSURANCE CRIME BUREAU (2014a) Who or what is to blame for the theft and attempted theft of roughly 556,000 cars in 2013 (according to the NCVS [BJS, Truman and Langton, 2014]) or the approximately 700,000 vehicles reported as stolen that year (according to the UCR [FBI, 2014])? As the statements above demonstrate,