b'F E A T U R ETheVictim-Offender Overlap&Violent High-Harm Crime By Staff Sergeant Natalie Hiltz, Peel Regional PoliceOpportunities for Effective Police Targeting, Forecasting & PreventionW hat is the victim-offender overlap? It isThe much-deserved attention to the interrelationship of a unique group of individuals hiddenthese concepts has sadly been lacking.withinourpolicedatawhoenterThe victim-offender overlap (Figure 1) has wide applica-the criminal justice system throughtion. Research has found the strongest association between boththesufferingandinflictionvictimization and offending exists within violent personal ofharminvaryingdegreesoffrequencyandseveritycrimes that include big issues such as domestic violence, overtime.Inotherwords,criminal-victimsandvictim- gang violence and non-fatal gun crime, with the most pro-criminals. Traditional policing and academia have largelynounced in relation to homicide (Gottfredson 1984; Broidy concentratedonoffendingandvictimizationseparately.et al. 2006; Papachristos 2018). In an era where publicThe Official Publication of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police17'