| This research set out to prove or disprove that there may or may not exist a relationship between the investigating officer and the victim of a violent crime which can be influenced by the investigators professional experiences of behavioral observations, perceptions of victims of these crime types, the overall treatment of crime victims, and their job knowledge regarding crime victim behaviors. Specifically, it sought to predict if an investigator's age and work experience positively or negatively affected the personal observations of a victim, personal experience with a victim, perceptions of a victim, and determine if these two factors influenced what they know about their job. Surveys were distributed through 6 Atlanta Georgia metropolitan police agencies to determine if a positive or negative relationship existed. It was concluded that a relationship did not exist either positively or negatively towards this relationship of investigators who were surveyed and who worked within the crime units which focused on domestic violence, aggravated assault, robbery and rape. It was determined throughout the process that many investigators do not simply work cases involving one crime type and in many cases work multiple crime types with many victims. Additionally, these investigators are neutral in their overall treatment of crime victims during the course of their investigations regardless of the positive or negative interactions with the victims thus negating research which shows bias toward citizens by law enforcement. |
