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Reflect on this week’s introduction and the theories covered in Week 3. Now, imagine that you are a law enforcement professional given the task of speaking to a community group about how to minimize the risk of becoming the victim of a crime increase in that community. Your goal in this Discussion is to detail some strategies that members of your community can take to reduce criminal opportunity. However, one important goal is to not inspire victim blaming in your community or to stray into aspects of victim blaming yourself.

To prepare:

• Imagine that you are a law enforcement officer tasked with addressing your community about an increase in a type of crime. Your Instructor will assign you to one of the following crime types:
  • Burglary during the summer months
  • Online identify theft
  • Aggravated assault near subway stops
• Reflect on how you would address and educate your audience about the criminal opportunity that has been presented due to certain actions in the community.

By Day 3

Post a response to the following, written as if your audience is your community:

• Explain how victims in your community may contribute to opportunity for the crime type you were assigned.
• Explain how this relates to the concept of victim responsibility but differs from victim blaming.
• Support your explanations by referencing this week’s learning resources and explaining how certain concepts related to victim and offender responsibility apply.