Like taking candy: why does repeat victimization occur?

摘要

An analysis of different types of crimes give some explanations as to why such crimes areudrepeated. Repeated crimes examined include domestic violence, racial attacks, child sexualudabuse, fights, burglary, car theft, shop theft, credit card fraud, and robbery. Common factors showudthese crimes are repeated because the first offense is not made known to someone in authority,udrisk of other offenses being detected are low due to victim response, criminal methods used areudspecific to individual victims, and there is a high probability that there will be other offenders.