What Ideas of Victimization and Vulnerability Mean for Criminological Theory: A Logical Appraisal

Abstract

No criminologist disputes that the victim is a central actor in a criminal incident, yet theories about crime causation rarely permit this actor any role.In this chapter, we show that theories about offenders in fact contain an implicit internal logic that requires a theory of victimization.We will show how attention to this logic can reward

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