@article{ref1,
title="The Victim-Offender Relationship",
journal="Crime and delinquency",
year="1968",
author="Schultz, L. G.",
volume="14",
number="2",
pages="135-141",
abstract="The victim of an offense may have engaged in behavior that intentionally or unintentionally triggered his own victimization; some victims may have consented to the criminal act. Since consent occurs in degrees, and a certain degree of consent negates or reduces the severity of the offense, probation officers should become familiar with the concept of &quot;victimology&quot; and consider its application in the presentence investigation. About 85 per cent of all defendants plead guilty without a trial; the presen tence report, therefore, is perhaps the best device for acquainting the court with factors of victimology. Probation and parole officers must understand victim-offender relationships. The per sonality of the victim, as a cause of the offense, is oftentimes more pertinent than that of the offender.<p />",
language="",
issn="0011-1287",
doi="10.1177/001112876801400208",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001112876801400208"
}