RT Article
T1 Criminal Expertise and Sexual Violence: Comparing the Crime-Commission Process Involved in Sexual Burglary and Sexual Robbery
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 49
IS 1
SP 98
OP 116
A1 Reale, Kylie S.
A2 Beauregard, Eric
A2 Chopin, Julien
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1778198694
AB Criminal expertise relates to the notion that some individuals may develop domain-specific offending skills that differentiate them from those with less skills or experience (i.e., novices). In the expertise literature, burglary has emerged as a distinct type of “expert” offense, therefore the current study sought to determine whether criminal expertise is more evident in the crime-commission process of sexual burglary compared to sexual robbery. We used binary logistic regression to compare the pre-crime, crime, and post-crime behaviors of 870 cases of hybrid sexual assault that occurred during the commission of either a burglary (N = 319) (or) robbery (N = 479), both of which involved personal theft from a stranger victim. Findings suggest that the crime commission process of sexual burglary involves a more sophisticated modus operandi and greater expertise in detection avoidance (e.g., strategies to protect their identity and destroying and removing evidence) compared to sexual robbery.
K1 Sexual Offenders
K1 Sexual Violence
K1 Offending
K1 Criminal Behavior
K1 Decision Making
DO 10.1177/00938548211023541