Criminal Assault Victim Showerer Case Study

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(Option #4) Usually, in some cases, the criminal assault victim normally takes a shower immediately after they been victimized in a rape because according to the victims the experience is so traumatizing they prefer to move on right after the crime is over. Conversely, the most effective way to move on in their mind is first, take a shower, which investigators first question is have you taken a shower yet? Thus, in a normal civilian’s world the best decision maybe take a shower but for the investigator, not taking a shower is a great start to solving the crime. However, the best case scenario for the investigator is immediately collect the evidence from the victim especially if the victim did not shower. For example, a white bed sheet

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