Benjamin Mendelson (1963), one of the pioneers of victimology, developed a typology of victims in terms of their degree of guilt in the perpetration of crime (quoted by Frank E. Hagan, 1989):
i) The completely innocent victim, such as a child or an unconscious person.
ii) The victim with minor guilt, such as a woman who provokes a miscarriage and dies as a result.
iii) The victim as guilty as offender, such as in cases of suicide and euthanasia.
i) The completely innocent victim, such as a child or an unconscious person.
ii) The victim with minor guilt, such as a woman who provokes a miscarriage and dies as a result.
iii) The victim as guilty as offender, such as in cases of suicide and euthanasia.