Decision Sheet: Oklahoma

You should be able to answer YES to all three major questions in order to
deny or reduce a claim. A yes to only one or two may not be su?icient,
either to deny or reduce. If you answer yes to question 2, then try to
determine to what degree the victim caused what happened, if you do not
believe the victim was entirely responsible for the o?ender?s actions.

1. Did the victim commit a criminal act, or do something substantially wrong?
(not just something stupid or in poor taste)

YES

 

NO

 

2. Did the victim?s criminal act or substantially wrong actions cause, in some way,
what happened?

(Or you could answer yes or no to these statements: I believe that the victim did
something to cause the offender to do what the offender did to her. It was reasonably
foreseeable that the victim?s actions would cause the offender to do what he did, because
that is an expected and frequent result in terms of causing someone else to victimize
someone).

YES

 

NO

 

2a. Answer Only IF you answered YES to Question 2:

To what degree did the victim?s criminal act or substantial wrongdoing cause
the offender to do what the offender did, or cause the injury or death to
result?

It was the sole cause

It was a major cause, but not the only cause

It played a very minor role in causing the offender to do what he/she did

3. Are there facts and substantial evidence, not just surmise or innuendo, to prove that the
victim?s actions caused what happened to the victim?

YES

 

NO