Question

Explain the pattern of victim-offender relationships and its impacts on criminal homicides.

Answer 1

Crime pattern theory claims that crime involving an offender and a victim or target , crime will only occur if an area provides all theoppurtunities for crime, ang occurs within offenders awareness space.The victim offender relationship had taken a new level, the offender used to make amends to a victim who is unknown to them for a minor violent crime in extreme cases, it is the homicide survivour who meets the offender, who took the life of theie dear ones.victim offender mediation is meeting of victim and offender with a mediators assistance so victim gets oppertunity to express their emotional , mental, physical distress and agony due to crime. The offender gets opportunity to understand the impacts of crime and can answer questiona by victim can devolop an agreement consisting of terms of restitution.

The relationship between offenders and victims are common features of micro or macro level analysis of homicides, based on homicidal classification between victims and offenders ; strangers, acquaintances, friends, relatieves, those who are romantically linked.The victim offender relationship is established differentiator batween homicide and homicidal suicides, homicides disproportionately involves acquantinces ang strangers, homicidal suicides involves family member. Homicide is most henious crime and it is distinguised on the basis of victim offender relationships.