We are working towards a perfect world even if we never get there. "Victim blaming" or "risk assessment" will never get us there because it's about not being hard enough on the crimina and policing the actions of people who are already GOOD by societal standards, or at least GOOD in the situation in which the were victimized.
This guy's whole point of view is off because he doesn't even understand the thought process and psychology behind what he is talking about. Victim blaming places even more responsibility on the backs of people who are already GOOD or trying to be, while taking some of the heat off people who would be BAD no matter who the person is.
A regular GOOD person doesn't see someone walking street at night alone and then suddenly comes up with the lightbulb idea in their head to rape them because it's opportunistic and because that person is walking down the street. You don't think a rapist/murderer/etc. BEEN thinkin' about that shyt way before they ever found a victim?
Like I said, we are working to a more perfect world, with that, human freedoms should be expected to progress and grow over time, because humans and societal methods should be progressing as well and more freedom would be a benefit of such. Victim blaming doesn't help with any of that and keep human freedoms in a very static place.
"Victim blaming"/"Risk assessment" doesn't make police more aware, or incite the want for more secure efforts. It just makes people make individual attempts at safety and makes criminals more desperate.
Criminals are looking for the opportunity. Not the victim.