| Different paths to death row: a comparison of men who committed heinous and less heinous crimes. | |
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PMID: 12733617 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Part of the answer to violent crime prevention is to understand the route that those who have committed violent crimes have traveled in order to find ways to guide others from the road leading to such violence. An investigation of the lifelong personal and environmental factors affecting 37 men who were executed in 1997 focuses on distinctions between men in two categories based on heinousness of violent crime. The study aimed to identify risk factors and events that preceded the violent event and to compare the constellation of variables of the men who committed particularly heinous murders characterized by extreme rage and brutality with those whose crimes and criminal histories were characterized mostly by property crimes without intentional harm to people. Descriptive results suggest differences between the two groups of men related to 19 variables and the emergence of two diverse profiles of risk factors and life experiences. |
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Authors:
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Dorothy Van Soest; Hyun-Sun Park; Toni K Johnson; Beverly McPhail |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Violence and victims Volume: 18 ISSN: 0886-6708 ISO Abbreviation: Violence Vict Publication Date: 2003 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-05-07 Completed Date: 2003-06-17 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8916436 Medline TA: Violence Vict Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 15-33 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle 98105, USA. dorothyv@u.washington.edu |
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Adult Age of Onset Behavioral Research Capital Punishment* Crime / classification*, ethnology, prevention & control Crime Victims / psychology Humans Life Change Events* Male Middle Aged Organizational Case Studies Prisoners / psychology* Risk Factors Severity of Illness Index Socioeconomic Factors Substance-Related Disorders Texas Violence / classification*, ethnology, prevention & control |
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