Citation

Lee KW, Broadhurst RG, Beh PS. Forensic Sci. Int. 2006; 162(1): 183-190.

Affiliation

Center for Criminology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.06.031

PMID

16891072

Abstract

This study provides an overview of the first systematic research on triad-related homicide in a Chinese society. In the 10-year period from 1989 to 1998, 11.9% of all homicides or a total of 95 triad-related homicides were extracted from the Hong Kong Homicide Monitoring Database. These events resulted in 124 victims (13.2 percent of all victims) and involved 526 known offenders. Triad homicides were classified into various types based on different combinations of circumstances, motivation, and outcomes, which may not have been the "intended" one.

Language: en