Exploring Patterns of Perpetration and Victimization: Establishing Baseline Typologies for Profiling the Murders of Pregnant Women

• In Event: Race, Gender and Victimization

Abstract

The following research study purports that there are relative perpetration and victimization patterns prevalent amongst the investigation of pregnant women that have been murdered. The researchers completed a national research study comparing approximately 500 cases of homicide in which the victim was a pregnant female. The research design encompassed a mixed study, revealing pertinent data regarding perpetration patterns for the purpose of appraising emergent themes of offender and victimization classifications; in addition, the data was explored quantitatively alike. The results of the study yielded a data set that was innovative, establishing distinctive patterns and profiling typologies in regards to the investigation of criminality, perpetration, and victimization in homicide cases of pregnant females.

Authors

• Erica Marie Hutton, Trine University

• Sarah A. Baker, Hutton Barone Consulting

• Nicole K. Procise, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana