ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how understanding of the relationship between victim and offender in cases of prostitute homicide can be gained by consideration of the crime scene actions displayed. It presents research that profiled the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in offences of prostitute homicide in the UK in order to identify the nature of the interpersonal behaviour that occurs during the commission of the offence. The chapter identifies that there are some overlaps between cases of domestic homicide and those of prostitute homicide where there was a prior domestic relationship between the victim and offender. The application of traditional crime prevention strategies to homicide is challenging in itself, but not impossible. The chapter considers non-prostitute domestic homicides. Adler suggests that the use of drugs and the existence of sex work are able to co-occur in an environment that supports and reinforces illegal activity rather than an influence of one activity on the other.
