Types of incident where repeat victimisation occurs

Patterns of repeat incidents have been found for a range of offences including:

• burglary (see Tseloni, A. & Pease, K. (1998) 'Repeat Victimisation & Policing: Who Gets Burgled, Where & How Often? , in Wilstrom, P.O., Skogan, W. & Sherman, L. (eds) Problem-Oriented Policing & Crime Prevention. New York: Wadsworth.

• car crime: (See Mayhew et al. (1993) The 1992 British Crime Survey. Home Office. Research Study 132. London: HMSO.)

• domestic & commercial robbery (see Gill, M. & Pease, K. (1998) 'Repeat Robbers: How Are They Different?' in Gill, M. (ed) Crime at Work: Studies in Security & Crime Prevention. Leicester: Perpetuity Press.

• domestic violence (see Lloyd, S. et al (1994) Preventing Repeated Domestic Violence: A Demonstration Project on Merseyside. Police Research Group. Crime Prevention Unit. Paper 49. London: Home Office. See also Hanmer, J et al (1999) Arresting Evidence: Domestic Violence & Repeat Victimisation. Police Research Series. Paper 104 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/prgpdfs/fprs104.pdf)

• racial attacks (see Sampson, A & Phillips, C. (1992) Multiple Victimisation: Racial Attacks on an East London Estate. Crime prevention Unit Paper 36. London: Home Office)

A person or place may be re-victimised by the same crime type, for example, repeated burglary, or by different offence types. In particular, victims of racial incidents, bullying, domestic and witness intimidation may experience a variety of offences.