Table 5 Offenders’ abuse locations (sample excludes offender prosecuted on DNA evidence alone)
Case | Location | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private property aside from offender’s home | Car or taxi | Offender’s home | Takeaway or restaurant | Park or playing field | Victim’s home | Victim’s friend’s home | Street | Hotel or bed and breakfast | Other | |
Op. Wheat | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Op. Central | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 |
Op. Retriever | 6 | 3 | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | – |
Op. Chalice | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Op. Engage | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Op. Span | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
All cases | 25 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Proportion of sample (n = 54) | 46 % | 43 % | 35 % | 15 % | 15 % | 9 % | 9 % | 6 % | 6 % | 2 % |