Table 1 Frequencies CRAVED indicators for all cases of sexual homicide (N = 350)
From: An application of CRAVED to the choice of victim in sexual homicide: a routine activity approach
Indicators for CRAVED | % | n |
|---|---|---|
Concealable | ||
Forensic awareness | 45.7 | 160 |
Used restraints/gags | 14.9 | 52 |
Body moved | 34.0 | 119 |
Concealed body | 36.0 | 126 |
Unsolved | 27.7 | 97 |
Number of days to recover bodya | 71.09 | 384.22 |
Removable | ||
Victim build is thin | 34.3 | 120 |
Victim abuses alcohol/drugs | 45.1 | 158 |
Body recovery—residence | 23.1 | 81 |
Weapon used | 54.0 | 189 |
Available | ||
Victim at home | 27.7 | 97 |
Victim living with adult | 65.1 | 228 |
Victim outside on the street | 33.1 | 116 |
Victim at recreational activities | 25.1 | 88 |
Con approach | 40.6 | 142 |
Contact location—residence | 27.4 | 96 |
Offense location—residence | 27.4 | 96 |
Valuable | ||
Victim is a child | 22.6 | 79 |
Enjoyable | ||
Vaginal sex | 46.3 | 162 |
Anal sex | 16.3 | 57 |
Beating | 47.1 | 165 |
Disposable | ||
Victim is stranger | 25.7 | 90 |
Stabbing | 21.1 | 74 |
COD is strangulation | 26.6 | 93 |