ABSTRACT

Menachem Amir’s now classic work, Patterns in Forcible Rape, has served as the springboard for many subsequent works on the topic. Amir’s labors included extensive and detailed observations, descriptions, and classifications of many facets associated with the offense and its participants. However, three concepts received limited or no attention in his essay. Namely, the method of approach or how does the offender approach his victim; the number of offenses committed by the same offender before he is apprehended by the police; and the distance traveled by the offender from his residence to the location where he first encounters his victim. It is this travel behavior or the journey to rape that is the focus of this article. Moreover, its purpose is to demonstrate how the journey to rape varies with the offender’s method of approach and the number of reported rapes committed by the same offender.