This paper reports on a research project that was aimed at better understanding the intersection of stranger and outdoor sexual assaults, or walking-waiting sexual assaults; it discusses the research methodology and findings.
Within a routine activity framework, the authors 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, they 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. (Published Abstract Provided)
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