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Citation

Santtila P, Runtti M, Mokros A. J. Interpers. Violence 2004; 19(5): 541-557.

Affiliation

Police College of Finland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260504262964

PMID

15104860

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to explore the possibility of predicting the presence of a criminal record in the background of a homicide offender on the basis of victim characteristics. Eight victim characteristics, as well as the presence or absence of offender criminal record and offender violent criminal record, were coded for 502 Finnish homicides. A configural frequency analysis (CFA) showed that it was possible to predict the presence of a criminal record on the basis of the victim variables. The practical significance of the results for police investigations is discussed.


Language: en

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