TY - JOUR
T1 - The Relationship Between a Person's Criminal History, Immediate Situational Factors, and Lethal Versus Non-Lethal Events
AU - Ganpat, Soenita Minakoemarie
AU - van der Leun, Joanne
AU - Nieuwbeerta, Paul
N1 - © The Author(s) 2015.
PY - 2015/7/20
Y1 - 2015/7/20
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - (non) lethal violence
KW - (attempted) homicide
KW - violence
KW - alcohol
KW - criminal history
KW - event characteristics
KW - actor's behavior
U2 - 10.1177/0886260515593297
DO - 10.1177/0886260515593297
M3 - Article
C2 - 26193893
SN - 0886-2605
VL - 32
SP - 2535
EP - 2565
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
IS - 17
ER -