Juvenile Sexual Murderers: Examination and Classification of the Crime-Commission Process |
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Authors: | Julien Chopin PhD Eric Beauregard PhD |
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Institution: | School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6 Canada |
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Abstract: | This study aims to empirically explore the crime-commission process of juvenile sexual homicide offenders (SHOs). First, a comparison between the crime-commission process of juvenile and adult SHOs is undertaken, while as a second step, this study also provides an empirical classification specific to juvenile SHOs. The sample used in this study consists of 55 juvenile SHOs and 281 adult SHOs. A sequential binomial regression was used to compare at the multivariate level the two groups of offenders, while a latent class analysis was used to examine the relationships between each step of the crime-commission process of juvenile SHOs. Our findings suggest that the crime-commission process of juvenile SHOs present differences when compared with adult SHOs. Moreover, we identified four different patterns in juvenile sexual homicide: explosive opportunistic, sadistic, overcontrolled anger, and predator. Theoretical and practical implications in terms of criminal investigations as well as offenders’ management and treatment are discussed. |
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Keywords: | sexual homicide juvenile sexual murderers crime-commission process latent class analysis comparison situational theories psychiatry and behavioral science |
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