Criminal Justice Question
Should a victim’s actions ever diminish the offender’s culpability (i.e., blameworthiness) for an offense? That is, is it ethical for the criminal system to take into account a victim’s actions when conducting investigations, when determining offender guilt, or deciding on a sentence? Where should the line be drawn? How should a line be determined? Is this a slippery slope that the CJ system should avoid entirely?
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Order Paper NowConsider both scenarios below and discuss the issues presented above (the ethics of taking the victim into account when investigating, prosecuting, determining guilt and sentencing).
Scenario 1: Tom, a murder victim who was also pending a charge for Distribution of Narcotics and 1st degree assault with a deadly weapon.
Scenario 2: Lisa, a mother of 3 and a preschool teacher, carjacked from the Wegmans parking lot, raped and murdered and left on the side of the highway.
Your assignment must address the questions presented in light of each scenario and must be based on more than just your opinion- support must come from scholarly articles and/or your text.
