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The Effects of Substance Use on Offender Crime Scene Behavior
Authors:Christine J. Hammond,M.Sc.,   John W. Bond,D.Phil.,    Timothy D. Grant,Ph.D.
Affiliation:Forensic Section, School of Psychology, University of Leicester, 106 New Walk, Leicester LE1 7EA, U.K.;
Scientific Support Unit, Northamptonshire Police, Wootton Hall, Northampton, Northampton NN4 0JQ, U.K.;
Centre for Forensic Linguistics, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, U.K.
Abstract:Abstract:  Substance use has an effect on an individual's propensity to commit acquisitive crime with recent studies showing substance users more likely to leave forensic material at a crime scene. An examination of acquisitive crime solved in Northamptonshire, U.K., during 2006 enabled 70 crime scene behavior characteristics to be analyzed for substance and nonsubstance use offenders. Logistical regression analyses have identified statistically significant crime scene behavior predictors that were found to be either present at or absent from the crime scene when the offender was a substance user. Most significant predictors present were indicative of a lack of preparation by the offender, irrational behavior, and a desire to steal high value, easily disposed of, property. Most significant predictors absent from the crime scene were indicative of more planning, preparation, and execution by the offender. Consideration is given to how this crime scene behavior might be used by police investigators to identify offenders.
Keywords:forensic science    forensic psychology    drugs of abuse    crime    psychology
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