Victim blaming

Victim blaming occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them.^[1] There is historical and current prejudice against the victims of domestic violence and sex crimes, such as the greater tendency to blame victims of rape than victims of robbery if victims and perpetrators knew each other prior to the commission of the crime.^[2]

^ "Victim Blaming" (PDF). Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ Bieneck, Steffen; Krahé, Barbara (June 2011). "Blaming the Victim and Exonerating the Perpetrator in Cases of Rape and Robbery: Is There a Double Standard?" (PDF). Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 26 (9): 1785–1797. doi:10.1177/0886260510372945. PMID 20587449. S2CID 206561769.

[1] "Victim Blaming" (PDF). Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[2] Bieneck, Steffen; Krahé, Barbara (June 2011). "Blaming the Victim and Exonerating the Perpetrator in Cases of Rape and Robbery: Is There a Double Standard?" (PDF). Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 26 (9): 1785–1797. doi:10.1177/0886260510372945. PMID 20587449. S2CID 206561769.

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