Victim Risk & Relationship Assessment Flashcards
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A profiler categorizes a victim as 'high risk' based on lifestyle. Which factor most directly elevates victim risk in this classification?
Answer: Engaging in street-level drug transactions
Direct involvement in illegal transactions creates frequent contact with violent offenders, elevating victim risk more than environmental or occupational factors alone.
In victim-offender relationship typologies, an 'acquaintance' victim refers to someone who:
Answer: Knows the offender through a social or professional context but is not intimate
Acquaintance victims have non-intimate but established contact with offenders, distinguishing them from both strangers and intimate partners.
Which victimological concept explains why certain individuals are repeatedly targeted by different offenders over time?
Answer: Repeat victimization
Repeat victimization describes the phenomenon where prior victims face disproportionately higher risk of future victimization compared to the general population.
A profiler notes that a homicide victim had recently ended an intimate relationship. This information is most relevant to assessing:
Answer: Potential offender pool and motive
Terminated intimate relationships are a documented risk factor for intimate partner homicide, narrowing the likely offender pool to ex-partners.
Routine Activity Theory suggests victimization occurs when which three elements converge?
Answer: Motivated offender, suitable target, and absence of capable guardianship
Cohen and Felson's Routine Activity Theory holds that crime requires a motivated offender, a suitable target, and the absence of capable guardianship simultaneously.
When assessing victim-offender relationship distance in stranger homicides, the primary investigative value is:
Answer: Identifying geographic zones where the offender likely hunts
In stranger homicides, understanding where victim and offender paths crossed helps define offender hunting grounds and anchor points for geographic profiling.
A victim's 'node points' in routine activity mapping refer to:
Answer: Regular activity locations such as home, work, and recreational sites
Node points are the key fixed locations in a person's daily routine, which define their activity space and potential exposure to offenders.