TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - The homicide circumplex: a new conceptual model and empirical examination
JO  - Journal of criminal psychology
A1  - DeLisi, Matt
A1  - Drury, Alan
A1  - Elbert, Michael
SP  - 314
EP  - 332
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
N2  - PURPOSE        Homicide is the most severe form of crime and one that imposes the greatest societal costs. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the homicide circumplex, a set of traits, behaviors, psychological and psychiatric features that are associated with greater homicidal ideation, homicidal social cognitive biases, homicide offending and victimization, and psychopathology that is facilitative of homicide.         Design/methodology/approach        Using the data from a near population of federal supervised release offenders from the Midwestern USA, ANOVA, multinomial logistic, Poisson and negative binomial regression models were developed.         Findings        Greater homicidal ideation is associated with homicide offending, attempted homicide offending and attempted homicide victimization and predicted by gang activity, alias usage, antisocial personality disorder and intermittent explosive disorder. These behavioral disorders, more extensive criminal careers, African American status and gang activity also exhibited significant associations with dimensions of the homicide circumplex.         Originality/value        Developing behavioral profiles of offenders that exhibit homicidal ideation and behaviors are critical for identifying clients at greatest risk for lethal violence. The homicide circumplex is an innovation toward the goal that requires additional empirical validation.     Keywords:      Offending, Homicide, Criminal psychology, Homicide circumplex, Murder, Psychological profile  Type:      Research paper  Publisher:      Emerald Publishing Limited<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2009-3829
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JCP-03-2018-0015
ID  - ref1
ER  -