CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Intimate Partner Violence, Impulsivity, Psychological Abuse
11 Dec 2015
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In the us, homicide accounts for 1-2% of all violent crime. According to delisi, the average homicide offence costs the us justice system. -3. 5 million, million for youth, per offender. According to delisi, the most violent and prolific offenders cost the us justice system. System of classifying things (e. g. , people) on the basis of shared qualities. Simplify the understanding of the group under investigation. Rarely does a typology perfectly reflect reality. One of the few to use data to inform typologies. Mass: 4+ victims, single location, no cooling off period. Spree: 2+ victims, multiple locations, no cooling off period. Serial: 3+ victims, typically multiple locations, cooling off period. Drug related violence (e. g. , debt), gang involvement, neighbourhood violence. Small sample size (usually of highly atypical cases) Lack of measurement of risk factors (study looks at police records) Lack of long-term follow-up data (i. e. , what happens to juvenile homicide offenders after they are released)
