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Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, Vol. 2, No. 1, 56-78 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/1524838001002001004
© 2001 SAGE Publications

Behavioral Perspectives on Child Homicide

The Role of Access, Vulnerability, and Routine Activities Theory

MONIQUE C. BOUDREAUX

University of California, Los Angeles

WAYNE D. LORD

Federal Bureau of Investigation

JOHN P. JARVIS

Federal Bureau of Investigation

This article reviews existing research on the topics of child abduction and child homicide and attempts to identify and assess potential victim risk factors through a discussion of victim access, vulnerability, and routine activities theory. For example, are children of certain ages or genders more likely to be targeted by offenders? Who are the offenders in child homicides and what are the relationships between the offenders and their victims? Does motive or crime technique differ between offenders who have familiarity with victims versus those who are strangers? Ecological perspectives on child homicide are also discussed, including the concepts of competition, predation, and developmental victimology. Research that addresses these questions directly benefits law enforcement personnel, social workers, and forensic scientists actively working child homicide cases, and social scientists involved in the formulation of child homicide prevention programs and policies. In addition, this information helps improve prevention programs designed to protect children, helps children protect themselves, and provides potential avenues for identifying offenders in such cases.

Key Words: child homicide • developmental victimology • routine activities theory • behavioral science • criminal profiling • predation


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