Requiem for A Dream: A Lifestyle and Routine Activities Victimological Analysis to Explore the Sexual Victimization of Illicit Drug Users

Chopin, Julien; Beauregard, Éric; Arseneault, Catherine

doi:10.1080/10926771.2022.2089866

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“…The results of these studies demonstrate that an individual's lifestyle and routine activities can be highly influential when it comes to their victimization. Information about the victim and their circumstances can not only impact one's risk levels but may also play a role in the offender's perception of a person's vulnerability (Chopin et al., 2022; O’Connell, 2024; Turvey, 2011).…”

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Identifying victim types in sexual homicide: A latent class analysis using interactional victimology theories

Georgoulis,

Beauregard,

Chopin

2024

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Sexual homicide (SH) research has focused on those who commit these crimes and the crimes themselves. This leaves the victim, an equally crucial piece to the puzzle, left as a sort of afterthought, despite the valuable insight that victimology provides to the crime. For the current study, victim information related to their routine activities and lifestyles was taken from an international database containing 662 solved cases of SH. Nine victim variables were used in a latent class analysis to find hidden subgroups within the victim population. Three classes were identified—low‐risk, homebody, and overt risk victims—which suggests that SH victimization varies depending on the victim lifestyles and routine activities. These groups were externally validated by examining their association with different phases of the crime commission process. Some sexual homicide offenders may be more drawn to a victim because they present as vulnerable and opportunistic, while others might be methodically targeted. The theoretical relevance of this typology, along with investigative and prevention strategies, is discussed.

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Identifying victim types in sexual homicide: A latent class analysis using interactional victimology theories

Georgoulis,

Beauregard,

Chopin

2024

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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“…Second, despite the growth of studies applying criminological theories to better understand sexual violence and IPV risk as a consequence of one's routine activities (e.g., Chopin et al, 2022; Fisher et al, 2010; Hayes, 2022; Krishnakumar & Verma, 2021; Reyns & Scherer, 2019), it remains unclear how such routines may affect risk of reproductive coercion, which sits at the nexus of IPV and sexual violence. These gaps within the reproductive coercion literature are not substantively insignificant.…”

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Reproductive Coercion Among College Students: An Extension and Test of Routine Activity Theory

Hayes,

Maher,

Pinchevsky

2023

Violence Against Women

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The current study is guided by routine activity theory to explore the risk of experiencing reproductive coercion among a sample of sexually active college students ( N = 1,515). Findings indicate that being in an exclusive relationship was associated with lower odds of reproductive coercion, yet prior victimization, including emotional abuse and sexual violence, was associated with higher odds of reproductive coercion. This study supports other research that finds reproductive coercion does not occur in isolation from other victimization experiences, and multifaceted prevention strategies are needed. Implications relating to autonomous reproductive decision-making are discussed.

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Requiem for A Dream: A Lifestyle and Routine Activities Victimological Analysis to Explore the Sexual Victimization of Illicit Drug Users

Cited by 2 publications

References 34 publications

Identifying victim types in sexual homicide: A latent class analysis using interactional victimology theories

Identifying victim types in sexual homicide: A latent class analysis using interactional victimology theories

Reproductive Coercion Among College Students: An Extension and Test of Routine Activity Theory

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