Relationship between Crime victim and Crime offender

Relationship between offender and victim plays important role in the commission of crime. In most cases, in 51,255 incidents (about 31.00%), we have found that the relationship between criminals and victims are as they were peer groups. It means that people who were familiar with them victimized most of the victims. Peer group includes friends, neighbors, colleagues, playmates, and the like. Peers can be the source of support as well as harassment. In Japan in many contexts, peers act together to humiliate, disgrace, torment a specific mate – a practice known in Japan as ijime.

Crime Victim in Bangladesh

Victim is an essential component of a criminal event. In the commission of crime there must be a victim whether direct or indirect. In cases of personal and property crimes, there exist direct victims. Besides, in case of corruption and state-level crimes, there are no direct visual victims but every citizens of the nation become victimized indirectly. Like offenders, victims may have participation or provocation to crimes; they have certain demographic characteristics as well as personality traits. Law generally emphasizes and focuses on crimes and criminals. But the participation or precipitation of victims is usually neglected. It is necessary to study on victims from various dimensions in order to understand victims’ role in the commission of crime. For example, why some people get victimized but others not, why some individuals become victims for several times (revictimization), and what lifestyle make them victimal than others.