Editing Victim blaming (section)

{{Short description|Social phenomenon}}
{{Criminology and penology |theory}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
'''Victim blaming''' occurs when the victim of a [[crime]] or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Victim Blaming|url = http://crcvc.ca/docs/victim_blaming.pdf|website = Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime|access-date = 2018-08-31}}</ref> There is historical and current prejudice against the victims of [[domestic violence]] and [[sex crimes]], such as the greater tendency to blame victims of [[rape]] than victims of [[robbery]] if victims and perpetrators knew each other prior to the commission of the crime.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bieneck |first1=Steffen |last2=Krahé |first2=Barbara |title=Blaming the Victim and Exonerating the Perpetrator in Cases of Rape and Robbery: Is There a Double Standard? |journal=Journal of Interpersonal Violence |date=June 2011 |volume=26 |issue=9 |pages=1785–1797 |doi=10.1177/0886260510372945 |pmid=20587449 |s2cid=206561769 |url=https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/files/40290/phr365_online.pdf }}</ref> The [[Gay Panic Defense]] has been characterized as a form of victim blaming.<ref>Holden, Alexandra (CRSJ Intern). (Summer 2019). [https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/member-features/gay-trans-panic-defense/ 'The Gay/Trans Panic Defense: What It is, and How to End It']. ''[[American Bar Association]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/model-legislation/|title=Gay and Trans Panic Defense|publisher=The Williams Institute - UCLA School of Law|author1=Jordan Blair Woods|author2=Brad Sears|author3=Christy Mallory|date=September 2016|archive-date=November 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130155743/https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/model-legislation/|access-date = 2024-09-22}}</ref>