A crime victim's first contact with the police may strongly influence subsequent investigations and prosecutions, as well as the crime's impact on the victim. The outcomes of such contacts may depend strongly on the degree to which the victim exhibits the characteristics of an ideal victim. This study sought to find valid ways of evaluating the constructs of victim ideality and police empathy, and to clarify the relationship between the two considering background factors, and outcomes. With a cross-sectional design data were collected from approximately 300 crime victims from cities in Colombia using a questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SEM, MIMIC, and logistic regression models. Being an ideal victim was found to influence the empathy displayed by police (as perceived by the victims), which in turn influenced factors important to citizens exposed to crime. Several areas in need of development based on the principles of procedural justice are identified.

犯罪受害人与警方的第一次接触，可能会极大地影响随后的调查和起诉，以及犯罪对受害人的影响。这种接触的结果可能在很大程度上取决于受害者表现出理想受害者特征的程度。本研究试图找到评估受害者理想和警察同理心的有效方法，并在考虑背景因素和结果的情况下阐明两者之间的关系。使用问卷调查从哥伦比亚城市的大约 300 名犯罪受害者中收集了横断面设计数据。使用SEM、MIMIC和逻辑回归模型分析数据。发现成为理想的受害者会影响警察表现出的同情心（如受害者所认为的），这反过来又影响了对面临犯罪的公民的重要因素。确定了基于程序正义原则需要发展的几个领域。