[DV_listserv] Bulletin

[Domestic Violence issues]

An excerpt from a new Bulletin (link below) published by End Violence Against Women:

"Those working within the criminal justice system have long understood that individual crimes - from the pettiest crimes to the most serious - are often practiced, planned and purposeful. In other words, perpetrators often look for the very best opportunity to successfully commit a crime. A key element involves victim or target selection.

This is also true for sexual assault. Even in cases of "opportunistic" sexual offending, the perpetrator is likely to identify whether a particular situation or opportunity is conducive to successfully committing a sexual assault - and not being held accountable for it.

While anyone can be sexually assaulted, victim selection can provide a useful framework for understanding, in a given context, who is more or less likely to be perceived by a perpetrator as a "good target." Perpetrators select victims on the basis of whether they are perceived as vulnerable, accessible, and/or lacking in credibility. Perhaps not surprisingly, this perception has a great deal to do with prevailing stereotypes and attitudes held by the perpetrator, as well as the society at large."

Link: http://www.evawintl.org//Library/DocumentLibraryHandler.ashx?id=935<http://www.evawintl.org/Library/DocumentLibraryHandler.ashx?id=935>


**The author of the Bulletin was formerly the Executive Director of the Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force

Erin S. Greenawald
Sr. Assistant Attorney General | DA/LE Assistance| Criminal Justice Division
Oregon Department of Justice
2250 McGilchrist Street SE, Suite 100, Salem OR 97302
Main: 503.378.6347 | Desk: 503.934.2024 | Cell: 503.932.7482


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