perfect victim
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]perfect victim (plural perfect victims)
- (psychology) A victim of abuse who is blameless in all aspects of their interactions with the offender, often characterized by vulnerability, believability and respectability.
- 2023 October 20, Kim Machray, “The 'Perfect Victim' Myth”, in Empoword Journal[1]:
- The perfect victim, according to Dr Jason B. Whiting, is someone who is weak or vulnerable and “involved in a respectable activity at the time of victimization”. Therefore, the victim must be “blameless in all aspects of the interaction” with their offender, who is a stranger to them.