RT Article
T1 Predictors and Contexts of Unsolved and Solved Sexual Offenses
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 66
IS 9
SP 1268
OP 1295
A1 Chiu, Yi-Ning
A2 Leclerc, Benoit
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1724799479
AB Drawing from perspectives emphasizing environmental crime event components, this study identifies the predictors and contexts of unsolved and solved sexual offenses against women by strangers. Police data were obtained from 542 cases in Queensland. Hierarchical logistical regression was adopted to analyze variables relating to situational, contextual, and offender-victim interaction elements. Common contexts were examined using conjunctive analysis. Cases were significantly likely to remain unsolved if the offender used minimal force, or if the victim was walking outside at the time of initial contact. Conversely, solved cases were significantly associated with offender prior consumption of alcohol/drugs, bystander presence, and vehicle use. Crimes with higher criminal “effectiveness” and lower levels of victim interaction tended to be associated with unsolved sexual offenses.
K1 Sexual offenses
K1 Rape
K1 Unsolved cases
K1 Sex offenders
K1 Uncaught offenders
K1 Crime event
DO 10.1177/0011128719879027