Psycho-Social and Behavioral Assessment of Offender and Victim in Relation to Investigation of Sexual Assault

Abstract

Sexual assault is a serious crime which has a devastating impact on its victims and has become a major social issue in many contemporary cultures. The aim of this paper is to enhance effective nvestigation of sexual assault through psycho-social and behavioural assessment of offender and victim. Psycho-social and behavioural assessment of offender and victim can provide a significant and positive impact on the investigation of sexual assault and provide reliable scientific evidences for trial. Thus, it may be conclude that the services of forensic psychologists can be more helpful in investigation of sexual assault, because psycho-social and behavioural analysis of human being is a systematic process which requires an expert who develops the insight of Investigating Officers and support them to improve the investigative and interviewing practices to deal with offender and victim of sexual assault.