The relationship between a person’s criminal history, immediate situational factors, and lethal versus non-lethal events.
Journal article
Authors | Ganpat, Soenita Minakoemarie, van der Leun, Joanne and Nieuwbeerta, Paul |
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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. |
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Keywords | Homicide; Violence |
Year | 2015 |
Journal | Journal of Interpersonal Violence |
Publisher | Sage |
ISSN | 08862605 |
15526518 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515593297 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/622218 |
hdl:10545/622218 | |
Publication dates | 20 Jul 2015 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 28 Feb 2018, 17:17 |
Rights | Archived with thanks to Journal of Interpersonal Violence |
Contributors | Nottingham Trent University, Leiden University, Loughborough University, UK, Leiden University, The Netherlands and Leiden University, The Netherlands |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/92337/the-relationship-between-a-person-s-criminal-history-immediate-situational-factors-and-lethal-versus-non-lethal-events
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