It is the study of a victim's routines, relationships and circumstances to understand how they came into contact with an offender.
No. It must never suggest the victim was responsible; it aims to understand the crime and correct historic bias.
Routines, work, schooling, relationships, finances, health, recent changes and places the person regularly went, each with a recorded source.
Many early reports recorded little about the victim or reflected assumptions of the time, leaving important questions never asked.
No. Some details help investigators but are inappropriate to publish; families should help decide what becomes public.