Pedneault Amelie, Beauregard Eric, Harris Danielle A, Knight Raymond A
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Sex Abuse. 2015 Aug;27(4):376-97. doi: 10.1177/1079063213511669. Epub 2014 Jan 26.
The present study investigated rationality in sexually motivated burglaries. Specifically, we analyzed the situational cues identified by sexual burglars in their target selection. The research project investigated 224 individual incidents of residential burglary with apparent sexual motivations. Situational characteristics of the incidents were recorded and analyzed using forward sequential regressions. Results indicated that most sexually motivated burglaries occurred in occupied residences with deficient physical guardianship, when the victim was alone. Violence, theft, penetration, and fetishism were found to be committed in circumstances that increased the benefits and lowered the risks. Results showed that sexual burglary is rational in nature-sexual burglars chose residences that were easy to break into. We found little support for the premise that such opportunities arose while carrying out regular burglaries. Instead, the data indicated that sexual burglars acted opportunistically on situational cues that are markedly dissimilar to those of regular burglars.
本研究调查了出于性动机的入室盗窃行为的合理性。具体而言，我们分析了性动机窃贼在目标选择中所识别出的情境线索。该研究项目调查了224起明显带有性动机的住宅入室盗窃个案。使用向前顺序回归记录并分析了这些事件的情境特征。结果表明，大多数出于性动机的入室盗窃发生在有人居住但人身监护不足的住宅，且受害者当时独自一人。暴力、盗窃、性侵和恋物癖行为是在收益增加且风险降低的情况下实施的。结果显示，性动机入室盗窃本质上是合理的——性动机窃贼选择了易于闯入的住宅。我们几乎没有找到证据支持这样一种前提，即此类机会是在实施常规盗窃时出现的。相反，数据表明，性动机窃贼根据与常规窃贼明显不同的情境线索采取了机会主义行动。
