RT Article
T1 Examining Walking-Waiting Sexual Assaults from Previously Untested Sexual Assault Kits: The Intersection of Stranger and Outdoor Sexual Assaults
JF Victims & offenders
VO 19
IS 2
SP 348
OP 370
A1 Lovell, Rachel E.
A1 McGuire, Margaret
A1 Lorincz-Comi, Noah
A1 Overman, Laura
A1 Dover, Thomas
A1 Sabo, Danielle
A1 Flannery, Daniel J. 1962-
A2 McGuire, Margaret
A2 Lorincz-Comi, Noah
A2 Overman, Laura
A2 Dover, Thomas
A2 Sabo, Danielle
A2 Flannery, Daniel J. 1962-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1880153017
AB Within a routine activity framework, we explore walking-waiting sexual assaults – committed by strangers when victims were outdoors and did not consensually leave the scene. With data from untested sexual assault kits spanning decades in one urban jurisdiction, we found these were common (a fourth of the sample) with a distinct offending pattern. African American women were identified as the most frequent “targets” due to the use of certain public spaces that appear to lack “capable guardianship.” “Motivated offenders” were often serial sexual offenders but not exclusively tied to walking-waiting sexual assaults. Findings improve our understanding of the intersection of stranger and outdoor sexual assaults. Implications and future directions discussed.
K1 serial sex offender
K1 Sexual Offending
K1 Stranger
K1 outdoor
K1 Rape kit
K1 Sexual assault kit
K1 Rape
K1 Walking waiting sexual assault
DO 10.1080/15564886.2022.2100544