... 1989). A view emerged, advocated by Von Hentig (1948), that researchers were too concerned with the perpetrators of crime rather than with the victims and so much work around this time attempted to address that 'problem.' New ideas concepts emerged such as Victim precipitation (Von Hentig, 1948), Victim proneness (Von Hentig, 1948 and Wolfgang, 1958) and Victim Lifestyle (Hindelang et al,1978) which followed a trend of 'victim blaming' in that they were looking at how victims of crime contributed to their own victimisation. In recent times positivism has moved away from the idea of 'victim blaming' and has focused on research such issues as fear and risk of crime. An example of more recent positivist influenced research is the British Crime Survey which very often informs government legislation. The BCS measures the amount of crime in England and Wales by asking people about crimes they have experienced in the last year. ...

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