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] The Gay Panic Defense has also been used to justify violence against LGBT people.[3][4]

  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.
  3. ^ Holden, Alexandra (CRSJ Intern). (Summer 2019). 'The Gay/Trans Panic Defense: What It is, and How to End It'. American Bar Association.
  4. ^ Jordan Blair Woods; Brad Sears; Christy Mallory (September 2016). "Gay and Trans Panic Defense". The Williams Institute - UCLA School of Law. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2024.