Criminology

1. Repeat victimisation happens because the offender has created a suitable target they are familiar with, expects less resistance from and is motivated by potential rewards of carrying out the crime (Farrell and Pease, 1994). An example is repeated domestic brutality. This is attributed to the fact that the situation presents the offender with a single possible victim and requires less effort to prevent the victim from escaping.

As Farrell and Pease (1994) indicate, in the case of Mark Dyche and Tania Moore, the reward Dyche was hoping for was to see Tania hurting he was motivated by the fact that she had emotionally hurt him as a result of their separation. By reporting the robbery to the police Tanias statement that the incident left her shaken, vulnerable and made her feel unsafe was a further motivator. It also proved that fear had been instilled in her. Since the victim (Tania), lived in an isolated farm that Dyche had been watching the assault required less effort from offender (Dyche hired men) and cornered her minimizing any chances of escape. The period of hate campaign proved she was the only possible victim without a possible guardian.

2. In reference to the works of Farrell and Pease (1994) some Preventive strategies that can help prevent cases of Repeat Victimisation are

a) Sting operations due to the predictability of time and place of criminal events in cases of RV, it is easy for the police to set a trap for the offender(s).

b) Allocation of policing time and resources proportionately to level of crime. Where there is a tendency of repeat victimization (hot spots) more police and equipments should be deployed.

c) Target hardening this is the improvement of the victims safety measures. The target victim is simply empowered with tools to prevent a repeat of the crime on them.