Introduction Most crimes except for murder and manslaughter the victims are more than the crimes indicating that crime incidence is higher than prevalence and that crime concentration will be greater than one. Looking at crime incidence as the sole measure of a crime problem is thus insufficient (Peace and Farrell, 1993 pp 7). This provides the basis for the study of repeat victimisation. Research suggests that victimisation generally predicts victimisation’ to find out where a crime will happen, one needs to look at where the crime happened last. Knowing this means that crime prevention opportunities become clearer. Domestic violence is one of the crimes that is characterised by repeat victimisation. Aims  1. To describe domestic violence in the context of repeat victimisation  2. to determine the impact of repeat victimisation on victims  3. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the repeat victimisation prevention strategy in domestic violence and other projects The reasons for repeat victimisation are many, some of which include residence in an area where offenders visit frequently or close to concentrations of resident offenders, chaotic occupations, leisure activities and bad relationships (Pease and Farrell, 1993, Pp 7-8). All these factors increase vulnerability to crime and the possibility of that crime being repeated. Domestic violence is a crime which often happens because of a bad relationship between a man and woman and usually continues to be repeated until one of the parties leaves the relationship; hence victims of domestic violence experience a lot of repeated victimisation. The victims and offenders of domestic violence are in a sort of cycle where violence perpetuates more violence leading to repeated victimisation with the victims having a history of being abused. Repeat victimisation was largely uninvestigated up until Gottfredson in the British crime survey of 1984 brought attention to the great prevalence of repeat victimisation. Previous work indicates that when victimisation recurs it occurs quickly and that the existence of hotspots is related to repeat victimisation (Pease, 1998, Pp 1). Another conclusion that can be drawn from research into repeat victimisation shows that individuals who victimise one target on more than one occasion, have been involved in that crime for longer than those who do not (Pease, 1998, Pp 1). This is true in the case of domestic violence where the offender more often than not has a history of abuse when the first case is reported. Pease, Farrell and Clarke report that when a woman calls the police, the likelihood of calling them again and within a short timespan is increased. The probability of a call to the police from a household that had a domestic incident is 0.8 in a period of one year, while the period between the domestic incidents would be less than a year. Further, when a call has been made to report the first incident, there would be a second incident in about 35 percent of the households with a third incident occurring in five weeks in approximately 44 percent of the household (Farrell, Clarke and Pease, 1993 Pp; Women and Equality Unit). This reinforces the conclusion that victimisation predicts victimisation. The Home office reports that domestic violence that approximately two women lose