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Assignment: Investigating a Crime: Phase II – Concepts Related to the Victim
Please use victims name and document the picture by number
Phase II of the criminal investigative analysis process continues with a focus on the victim. Victimology is evaluated in three stages:
Pre-Offense – All information providing insight on such things as:
Victim selection
Victim risk level (high/low)
Possible relationship to offender
Offense – All information providing insight on such things as:
Victim actions during offense
Nature of the offense
Relationship to offender
Post-Offense – In homicides, actions by offender can sometimes provide insight into:
Motivations
Offender/victim relationship
In a 2- to 3-page analysis of the victim include:
Pre-offense behavior
Offense behavior
Post-offense behavior victimology
Victim risk level
Victim/offender dynamics
Reading
Turvey, B. E. (2012). Criminal profiling: An introduction to behavioral evidence analysis (4th ed.). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Chapter 7, “Forensic Victimology” (pp. 163–187)
Chapter 8, “Sexual Deviance” (pp. 187–212)
Chapter 9, “Sexual Asphyxia” (pp. 213–234)
Chapter 10, “False Reports” (pp. 235–252)