Alternatives to the familiar model wherein the interaction of offenders and victims produces an offense and then a social control response are suggested. For example, some undercover police practices involve anticipatory social control which engenders offenders and/or victims. Ways in which such social control may contribute to victimization include: generation of a market; the creation of collateral offenses; exploitation of an undercover opportunity structure; generation of a motive or idea for the crime; and the provision of a scarce skill or resource. The understanding of victimization can be enhanced by developing a social control precipitated perspective, alongside of, and integrated with, the traditional victim-precipitated perspective. (Author abstract)