What does it mean to victimize and to be a victim? According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics in 2015, 0.98% of all person’s age 12 or older (2.7 million persons) experienced at least one violent victimization. A noun “victimization” has more than one meaning. One of them is “a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency.” Another definition is “a person who is deceived or cheated, as by his or her own emotions or ignorance, by the dishonesty of others, or by some impersonal agency. Indisputably causing a person harm (emotionally, verbally), physical injury, or death is victimizing. The three victimization theories that would relate to Carla’s case of victimization would be The Lifestyle Theory, The Deviant Place …show more content…
Carla made choices to jog at night, not drive in an area where people come to drink, get drunk, do drugs, and look to make trouble. Carla was peddling drugs to people who know her to sell drugs, and where to find her for the drugs. These examples are the decisions Carla made for her life to put her in the predicament to become a victim. I believe that The Deviant Theory and the Routine Theory is the most relevant to this case because Carla regularly greatly exposed herself to dangerous surroundings, she created her business in places and with people that gave high risks to her life. Her attackers more than likely knew who she was. There’s a high probability that they’ve seen her time and time again jogging late at night through side streets. The theory that is the least relevant to Carla is that of the defensible space theory. The design of the buildings around Carla carry no