Sex Work Homicides Flashcards
(14 cards)
Expressive aggression
Violence motivated by emotional reactions rather than a goal
Instrumental aggression
Violence driven by a specific goal, such as financial gain or power
Victim vulnerability theory
Prostitutes may be more likely to be attacked due to their availability, risk-taking behaviours, and marginalized social status
Offender profiling
Crime scene behaviours can provide insights into offender characteristics
Routine activities theory
Crime as the result of three things happening at the same time: a motivated offender, a suitable target, and the absence of a capable guardian
Where do offenders drop STW bodies?
Outside the central cities, resulting in multi-jurisdictional investigation
Why are STWs known to be mobile?
Often living transient lifestyles, and are less likely to inform family or friends when they move to different cities/state/province
What can delay victim discovery?
Moving bodies from the original crime scene, leaving victims outside and exposed to the elements, and hiding the victims’ bodies
Who has a greater average number of victims?
Sexual homicide offenders of STWs compared to SHOs of non-STWs
STWs likelihood of getting murdered (percentage)
60 to 120 times more likely compared to non-STWs
In cases of STWs sexual assaults, offenders are more likely to:
Use drugs, watch porn, more than one perpetrator at the crime scene, and victim was intoxicated during crime
What acts would offenders use for STWs?
Use more coercive reaction to victim resist, intrusive sexual acts committed, humiliating the victim, forcing the victim to commit sexual acts, postmortem sex with victim, and FOI
STW victims are more likely to:
Be selected, weapon used, left exposed, left laying on back, left completely naked, and die due to strangulation
SHO of STWs characteristics
White males, early 30s, and in highly populated areas
