Research on Repeat Victimisation

Research on repeat victimisation shows that:

• Victimisation is the best single predictor of victimisation

• When victimisation recurs it tends to do so quickly

• High crime rates and hotspots are as they are substantially because of rates of repeat victimisation

• A major reason for repetition is that offenders take later advantage of opportunities which the first offence throws up

• That those who repeatedly victimise the same target tend to be more established in crime careers than those who do not

(Based on Home Office 1998 above v)  

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