The value of docket analysis in stranger rape investigations : a case study in Port Elizabeth

Van der Watt, Marcel

dc.contributor.advisor	Benson, B. C.
dc.contributor.author	Van der Watt, Marcel
dc.date.accessioned	2012-10-12T06:41:29Z
dc.date.available	2012-10-12T06:41:29Z
dc.date.issued	2011-11
dc.identifier.citation	Van der Watt, Marcel (2011) The value of docket analysis in stranger rape investigations : a case study in Port Elizabeth, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6684>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6684
dc.description.abstract	In this research docket analysis is evaluated as an investigative tool in stranger rape cases. Owing to the fact that serial rapists mostly reside within the category of stranger rape cases, the researcher attempted to test the value of docket analysis in the identification of patterns and similarities among such cases which could be indicative of serial rape activity. A rape matrix was used as a docket analysis tool to analyse the content of 184 stranger rape cases which was closed as ‘undetected’. In addition to investigative shortcomings in the case dockets, the researcher identified 15 stranger rape cases which presented six unique patterns among them. These identified patterns could be indicative of serial rape activity.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (xi, 161 leaves)	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Criminal investigation	en
dc.subject	Crime analysis	en
dc.subject	Docket analysis	en
dc.subject	Rape	en
dc.subject	Stranger rape	en
dc.subject	Serial rape	en
dc.subject	Modus operandi	en
dc.subject	Signature	en
dc.subject	Fantasy	en
dc.subject	Case linkage	en
dc.subject	Identification of crime patterns	en
dc.subject.ddc	363.2595320968752
dc.subject.lcsh	Rape -- Investigation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Sex crimes -- Investigation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Criminal investigation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth	en
dc.title	The value of docket analysis in stranger rape investigations : a case study in Port Elizabeth	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Criminology and Security Science	en
dc.description.degree	M.Tech. (Forensic Investigation)