Victim precipitation is denned and its incidence estimated in a U.S. national sample of police reports on serious violent crime. Findings from related studies are compared. Provocation appears not uncommon in criminal homicide and aggravated assault, less frequent but still empirically noteworthy in robbery, and perhaps least relevant in forcible rape.
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