ADJUS-120 Lecture 20: Adjus_120_-_Lecture_20
23 Jun 2020
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Better understand the nature and process of interactions between police and victims involved in proactive police operations focused on interrupting victimisation. Sample included seven male and two female detectives. One officer had contacted 2 victims, three officers had conducted between 6 and 15 phone calls and five others had conducted between 30 and 100 (mean 39); contact with. 219 victims (116 male and 103 female victims; 53% and 47% respectively. Just over half (120 or 54. 8%) acknowledged that they were victims with the remainder stating they were either not a victim (75 or 34. 2%) or were uncertain (24 or 11%). Theme 1: detective attitudes and perception of police role. We asked detectives to reflect on what they perceived was the aim and purpose of the operations. The detective responses while not dissimilar were multi-faceted with the majority (seven out of nine) indicating the key purpose was victimisation disruption, as well as providing education and warnings to aff victims.
