Discuss the below:
Create a One-Page Reaction Paper on the concept of "Contacting Potential Victims Directly", as per the Video Lecture, and include its significance relating to 1) Criminal Investigations, and 2) Crime Analysis. Please utilize clear, concise detail in your response and reaction.
Video: Peeping Tom Series; Gilbert, Arizona
The following information is integral as it pertains to module:
Identifying Crime Patterns Persons Crime Patterns
•Persons are the targets
•Robbery, sexual assault, indecent exposure, public sexual indecency, and kidnapping
•Witness to the crime (the victim)
•Details about modus operandi, suspect characteristics, and the vehicles involved
•Main goal to link common suspect
•Typically result in series or sprees •Less commonly, hot spots, hot dots, or hot targets
•Typical responses: Investigation of multiple crimes, surveillance, directed patrol, informing general public Robbery Patterns
•Key Characteristics -Actions of the suspect -Type of victim or place -Suspect and vehicle description (caution) -Proximity for street robberies Sex Crime Patterns •Key Characteristics -Stranger crime -Actions of the suspect -Type of victim -Suspect description (caution) -Evolution of behavior Property Crime
•Property is the target
•Theft from vehicle, auto theft, residential and commercial burglary, criminal trespass, and criminal damage
•Often no witnesses
•Usually have little or no suspect information
•Main goal to link by type of crime, type of target/property, and proximity
•Typically result in sprees, hot spots, hot targets, and hot products
•Typical responses: Informing potential victims, directed patrol, reverse 911 Residential Burglary Patterns
•Key Characteristics -Type of residence -Proximity -Unique MO -Unique property taken