Sexual violence crime increased by 41.3% from 2010 to September of 2014, and it is predicted to increase even more in 2015. Recently in the crime prevention area, spatial and regional characteristics from the various factors of crime occurrence have b...
Sexual violence crime increased by 41.3% from 2010 to September of 2014, and it is predicted to increase even more in 2015. Recently in the crime prevention area, spatial and regional characteristics from the various factors of crime occurrence have been the main factors, and various crime prevention policies are being researched. Thus, this study was to investigate the practical relations of community characteristics and sexual crimes.
For empirical data analysis, information on sex offenders with opened personal information from the sex offenders of Daejeon area were collected. Furthermore, to acquire information on the sexual assault occurrence area, statistical data of city, borough, and district homepage were referred with the inclusion of data including population, population of men and women, number of parks, number of bus and subways, and number of schools. According to the results from the analyses, the more bus and subway stations there are in the crime scene, the sex offenders are more likely to commit crime in the crime scene rather than his/her residential area. The sex offender selects a particular target by considering the convenience of transportation as there are more bus and subway stops which can influence various factors including risk of being arrested, convenience of crime, and physical environment. Also due to floating population, there is a low possibility of being arrested while there is also less risk to be caught. Thus, it shall be considered that there is high possibility that a sex offender will choose to commit sexual assault in places with many bus and subway stops.
Based on the study findings, when proposing prevention measures of sex assault, there is high possibility of sex assault to occur in places with many bus and subway stations where CCTV shall be installed in surrounding blind spots. Furthermore, police dispatch system shall be actualized, additional patrolling shall be composed around bus and subway stations, and victims (potential victims) shall put effort in fulfilling guard equipment with caution to protect one's self. Victims shall also actively cooperate in investigative agency by immediately reporting when crime is in action so that victims do not occur.