VT4003 American Law Case Study

VT4003 American Law Case Study
VT4003: Victim-Offender Relationships: Analyze victims’ rights and responsibilities.
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Write your responses where it reads “Enter your response here.” Write as much as needed to satisfy the requirements indicated. Each item contains the Rubric, which will be used to evaluate your responses.
Item 1
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 one of the following crime types to you:
· 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.
Respond to the following in 250–300 words:
· 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 the learning resources and explaining how certain concepts related to victim and offender responsibility apply.
Your Response
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Rubric
VT4003 American Law Case Study

 
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Responsibility

Explain how victims in your community may contribute to opportunity for the crime type you were assigned.
 
LO1: Analyze opportunity for crime and criminals.
Response is not present.
 
Response contains a vague, inaccurate, or incomplete analysis of how victims in a community may contribute to opportunity for the assigned crime type.
 
 
Response provides a complete, clear, accurate, and resource-based analysis of how victims in a community may contribute to opportunity for the assigned crime type.
 

Explain how this relates to the concept of victim responsibility but differs from victim blaming.
 
Support your explanations by referencing the learning resources and explaining how certain concepts related to victim and offender responsibility apply.
 
 
LO2: Distinguish between criminal opportunity, victim responsibility, and victim blaming.
 
Response is not present.
 
Response contains a vague, inaccurate, or incomplete analysis of how victim actions relate to the concept of victim responsibility but differs from victim blaming.
 
Response provides a complete, clear, accurate, and resource-based analysis of how victim actions relate to the concept of victim responsibility but differs from victim blaming.