Victim Faciliation: Criminological Theories

Victim facilitation is when “victims unknowingly, carelessly, negligently and inadvertently make it easier for the offender to commit a theft” (Karmen, n.d.). Victim precipitation “is a criminology theory that analyzes how a victim's interaction with an offender may contribute to the crime being committed” (McKenna, n.d.). Victim provocation “occurs when a person does something that incites another person to commit an illegal act” (Sage, 2016, p. 3). The comparison to these three is the fact that every one of them has a victim of varying degrees. Victim facilitation, victim precipitation, and victim provocation all fall under victimology which studies the “physical, emotional, and financial harm people endure because of illegal activities”
Recently, a woman was robbed of her money by gunpoint in the parking lot of the local Walmart as she was loading her groceries into her car. She had over $2,000 stolen from her by an unidentified white male. Upon further investigation, it was determined that the offender was in line behind her and observed her money as she was paying for her groceries during checkout. She was not being flashy with the money but was just merely cycling through the bills in order to get the proper amount out to pay the cashier. Video showed the offender quickly pay for his items and then find her in the parking lot. He waited until she was loading the groceries her groceries into the back of her SUV when he approached her. The interaction was brief and the woman only handed him the money out of her wallet. Another factor to this daylight robbery was the fact that she inadvertently parked further back in the middle row of the parking lot where the cameras are not as good. This type of victimization was not her fault because she never had any interaction or provocation with the offender prior to her being