Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 H 8

 

Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 H 8

A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION

 

This vulnerability concept revealed that some rapists select elderly victims because of their vulnerability. Safarik and Jarvis (2005) noted that the sexual assault of the elder female is often an exceptionally violent crime that is motivated by the offender’s desire to punish, dominate, and control his victim rather than the often assumed motive of sexual attraction or desire.