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The Relationship Between a Person’s Criminal History, Immediate Situational Factors, and Lethal Versus Non-Lethal Events.
- Source :
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence; Sep2017, Vol. 32 Issue 17, p2535-2565, 31p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- When investigating serious violence, studies tend to look primarily at offenders and their background. This study investigates the influence of offenders’ and victims’ criminal history and immediate situational factors on the likelihood that violent events will end lethally. For this purpose, we compare lethal with non-lethal events, and combine Dutch criminal records with data from court files of those involved in lethal (i.e., homicide, n = 126) versus non-lethal events (i.e., attempted homicide, n = 141). Results reveal that both criminal history and immediate situational factors clearly matter for the outcome of violent events; however, immediate situational factors have the strongest effect on violent outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CLASSIFICATION of crimes
HYPOTHESIS
CHI-squared test
COMPARATIVE studies
CONCEPTUAL structures
CRIMINALS
HOMICIDE
MATHEMATICAL models
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PROBABILITY theory
STATISTICAL sampling
STATISTICS
MATHEMATICAL variables
VICTIMS
VIOLENCE
LOGISTIC regression analysis
THEORY
INTER-observer reliability
MEDICAL coding
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08862605
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 17
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124576132
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515593297