Repeat Victimization is described as the repeated occurrence of crime involving either the same victim or the same location. Repeat Victimization can be put into two groups. The first being Event Dependency (Gill & Pease 1998), this typically refers to circumstances in which the offender commits another offense based on the past experiences with that victim or location. The other group is Risk Heterogeneity (Gill & Pease 1998), which insinuates that, prior victimization or some other factor identifies the victim or location as an appropriate target for further victimization. I think event dependency best explains repeat victimization. I believe offenders like a sense of familiarity, why not rob a place you are familiar with, you know the layout
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This is where residents of the community stay vigilant for suspicious activities and report those activities to the police. According to the national crime prevention council, “Neighborhood Watch is one of the oldest and most effective crime prevention programs in the country, bringing citizens together with law enforcement to deter crime and make communities safer”. I believe this is effective for those crimes that follow the event dependency type of repeat victimization. The way a neighborhood watch is set up, you have people of the community listening or looking out for suspicious activities and they report it to the police. They also have regular meetings so that the residents of the community can get to know each other and discuss anything strange that has happened or unfamiliar people that they have seen lingering in the community also, come up with strategies to help prevent crime from happening. Neighborhood watch does not apply just to people giving a watchful eye on your house for you because it was previously burglarized; it also applies to persons as well. By reporting having this system set up and reporting everything that happens to the police it would help a great deal. Working along with law enforcement could help to apprehend the perpetrator more
This is where residents of the community stay vigilant for suspicious activities and report those activities to the police. According to the national crime prevention council, “Neighborhood Watch is one of the oldest and most effective crime prevention programs in the country, bringing citizens together with law enforcement to deter crime and make communities safer”. I believe this is effective for those crimes that follow the event dependency type of repeat victimization. The way a neighborhood watch is set up, you have people of the community listening or looking out for suspicious activities and they report it to the police. They also have regular meetings so that the residents of the community can get to know each other and discuss anything strange that has happened or unfamiliar people that they have seen lingering in the community also, come up with strategies to help prevent crime from happening. Neighborhood watch does not apply just to people giving a watchful eye on your house for you because it was previously burglarized; it also applies to persons as well. By reporting having this system set up and reporting everything that happens to the police it would help a great deal. Working along with law enforcement could help to apprehend the perpetrator more