The influence of criminal history on the likelihood of committing lethal versus nonlethal violence.

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Ganpat, Soenita Minakoemarie, Liem, Marieke, van der Leun, Joanne and Nieuwbeerta, Paul 2012. The influence of criminal history on the likelihood of committing lethal versus nonlethal violence. Homicide Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767912466082
AuthorsGanpat, Soenita Minakoemarie, Liem, Marieke, van der Leun, Joanne and Nieuwbeerta, Paul
Abstract

This study focuses on the criminal history of serious violent offenders. Our aim is to determine: (a) to what extent the criminal history of lethally violent offenders differs from nonlethally violent offenders and (b) to what extent one’s criminal history influences the likelihood that violence ends lethally. We use criminal record data of offenders convicted of lethal violence (i.e., homicide offenders, N = 2,049) and offenders convicted of nonlethal violence (i.e., attempted homicide offenders, N = 3,387). The results suggest that nonlethally violent offenders have a more severe criminal history and that offender’s criminal history can be influential in predicting lethal versus nonlethal outcomes.

This study focuses on the criminal history of serious violent offenders. Our aim is
to determine: (a) to what extent the criminal history of lethally violent offenders
differs from nonlethally violent offenders and (b) to what extent one’s criminal
history influences the likelihood that violence ends lethally. We use criminal record
data of offenders convicted of lethal violence (i.e., homicide offenders, N = 2,049)
and offenders convicted of nonlethal violence (i.e., attempted homicide offenders,
N = 3,387). The results suggest that nonlethally violent offenders have a more severe
criminal history and that offender’s criminal history can be influential in predicting
lethal versus nonlethal outcomes.

KeywordsHomicide; Violence
Year2012
JournalHomicide Studies
PublisherSage
ISSN10887679
15526720
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767912466082
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/622217
hdl:10545/622217
Publication dates08 Nov 2012
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ContributorsLeiden University, Harvard University, Leiden University, Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden, The Netherlands, Harvard Kennedy School; Harvard University; Cambridge, MA, Leiden University, Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden, The Netherlands and Leiden University, Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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