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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)