Rethinking ‘Don't Blame the Victim’

Zur, Ofer

doi:10.1300/j036v04n03_03

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“…This resulted in the fear of blaming the victim and tendency to avoid blaming the victim. 88 The fear of blaming the victim may cause the concern among researchers and professionals that addressing potential victim characteristics in research will be considered victim blaming and will promote further victim blaming. 89 No other victimological theory than the victim precipitation theory has looked so explicitly to the role of victims in victimisation.…”

Section: Victim Blaming In Theories and Empiricalmentioning

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A Theoretical Framework to Study Variations in Workplace Violence Experienced by Emergency Responders

Reemst¹

2016

Erasmus Law Review

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Emergency responders are often sent to the front line and are often confronted with aggression and violence in interaction with citizens. According to previous studies, some professionals experience more workplace violence than others. In this article, the theoretical framework to study variations in workplace violence against emergency responders is described. According to criminal opportunity theories, which integrate the routine activity theory and lifestyle/exposure theory, victimisation is largely dependent on the lifestyle and routine activities of persons. Situational characteristics that could be related to workplace violence are organisational or task characteristics, such as having more contact with citizens or working at night. However, they do not provide insight in all aspects of influence, and their usefulness to reduce victimisation is limited. Therefore, it is important to consider the role of personal characteristics of the emergency responders that may be more or less 'attractive', which is elaborated upon by the victim precipitation theory. Psychological and behavioural characteristics of emergency responders may be relevant to reduce external workplace violence. The author argues that, despite the risk of being considered as blaming the victim, studying characteristics that might prevent victimisation is needed. Directions for future studies about workplace violence are discussed. These future studies should address a combination of victim and situation characteristics, use a longitudinal design and focus on emergency responders. In addition, differences between professions in relationships between characteristics and workplace violence should be explored.

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Section: Victim Blaming In Theories and Empiricalmentioning

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A Theoretical Framework to Study Variations in Workplace Violence Experienced by Emergency Responders

Reemst¹

2016

Erasmus Law Review

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“…In theory, visual minorities are more likely to be victimised (Burgess & Regehr, 2010;von Hentig, 1948;Zur, 1995). According to Kääriäinen and Ellonen (2007, p. 7), people belonging to "visible minorities" are more likely targets of racism because they are easily distinguishable from the mainstream population (e.g., skin colour and speaking a different language).…”

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“…These attributes include -but are not limited to -ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status and mental status (Burgess & Regehr, 2010;Zur, 1995). The German scholar von Hentig (1948) pioneered in the field of victimology and demonstrated in his 13 category typology that immigrants and minorities suffer more victimisation, due to a lack of equality (Burgess & Regehr, 2010;von Hentig, 1948).…”

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“…I have added the risk factors for victimisation into the model, as literature shows that ethnicity, immigrant status and being a minority group member play a part not only in non-PMC victimisation (Burgess & Regehr, 2010;von Hentig, 1948;Zur, 1995), but also in PMC victimisation (Culotta, 2005). Of these factors, however, only foreign born is significantly associated with a likelihood of being in the hate crime victim group throughout Model 2.…”

Section: Comparing and Interpreting No-victims To Pmc Victims In All mentioning

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“…Models 2 and 3 are consistent in finding that people born outside of Australia are more likely to be in the hate crime victim group compared with the group that has experienced victimisation without prejudice motives. Literature shows that ethnicity, immigrant status and being a minority group member plays a part in mainstream victimisation (Burgess & Regehr, 2010;von Hentig, 1948;Zur, 1995) and in hate crime victimisation (Culotta, 2005). My results indicate that only the variable foreign born distinguishes hate crime victims from non-PMC victims, as none of the other risk factor variables are significantly associated with being in one group over the other.…”

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The legislative context of prejudice motivated victimisation: perceptions of police legitimacy and citizen decisions to report hate crime incidents

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Incarcerated Sex Offenders in Rehabilitation Account for their Offending

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Fischer

2016

Journal Invest Psychology

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This research examines the accounts of 10 out of 22 incarcerated sex offenders undergoing therapy in one of the prison-based sex-offender rehabilitation units in Israel and their ability to renegotiate reality to reject stigmatisation and maintain a favourable identity. The research participants had been convicted either of child molestation or of date/statutory rape against an acquaintance. This differentiation was maintained when analysing the individual interviews conducted in prison. Prior to the provision of accounts, to establish the soundness of their character, the interviewees resituated themselves within a normative background in terms of setting, routine activities, and interactions preceding and following the offence. Offenders convicted of child molestation attributed their behaviour to a sudden unpredictable shift in the setting and interactions with the child that resulted in an erection and consequent impulsive sexual behaviour of which they could not be held responsible. Offenders convicted of date/statutory rape admitted responsibility for their action, yet minimised its harm by attributing it to the dynamic chain of interactions with the victim whose behaviour had deviated from the 'good' girl or 'macho' man on a date and thus had precipitated the act. Rather than discounting sex offenders' accounts as cognitive distortions of a sick mind, prevention and education programme are to rely on such accounts to increase youth and young adult awareness to traditional gender-role schemata and dating scripts espoused by Israeli macho men that facilitate date rape and to the dynamics of interactional and situational factors placing young children at risk of sexual victimisation.This qualitative study examines the accounts of sex offenders incarcerated in one of the prison-based rehabilitation units who were at stage two of group therapy and acquainted with the term cognitive distortions. The goal is to find out the extent to which these offenders were able to account for their offences and cast off the pejorative labels of sex pervert, rapist, and/or child molester and negotiate a positive identity.

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Rethinking ‘Don't Blame the Victim’

Cited by 16 publications

References 6 publications

A Theoretical Framework to Study Variations in Workplace Violence Experienced by Emergency Responders

A Theoretical Framework to Study Variations in Workplace Violence Experienced by Emergency Responders

The legislative context of prejudice motivated victimisation: perceptions of police legitimacy and citizen decisions to report hate crime incidents

Incarcerated Sex Offenders in Rehabilitation Account for their Offending

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