Offender and victim ‘journey-to-crime’: Motivational differences among stranger rapists

Serial and single-victim rapists: differences in crime-scene violence, interpersonal involvement, and criminal sophistication.

Three categories of crime-scene behaviors (violence, interpersonal involvement, and criminal sophistication) among a group of 22 serial and 22 single-victim rapists were studied. Findings indicate that serial rapists were more likely to display a higher level of criminally sophisticated behaviors to avoid detection, whereas single-victim rapists were more likely to behave violently and engage i...

Victim, Offender, and Situational Characteristics of Violent Crime

Victim and offender self-reports of alcohol involvement in crime.

Research suggests that a decreasing share of violent crime is attributable to offenders who had been drinking alcoholic beverages. Surveys of victims indicate that the rate of alcohol-involved violent crimes (i.e., crimes in which the perpetrators had been drinking, as perceived by the victims) decreased 34 percent from 1993 to 1998, whereas the rate of non-alcohol-involved violence decreased 2...

The Journey from Traffic Offender to Severe Road Trauma Victim: Destiny or Preventive Opportunity?

BACKGROUND Road trauma is a leading cause of death and injury in young people. Traffic offences are common, but their importance as a risk indicator for subsequent road trauma is unknown. This cohort study assessed whether severe road trauma could be predicted by a history of prior traffic offences. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Clinical data of all adult road trauma patients admitted to...

Victim Offender Overlap in Intimate Partner Violence

ERIN A. MARSH Victim Offender Overlap in Intimate Partner Violence (Under the direction of DR. LISA MUFTIC) Victim offender overlap is a relatively new area of research with most studies having focused on applying this concept to the study of assault and homicide. Research in intimate partner violence has found that there exists a group of victim offenders or individuals who are involved in ini...