Crime and income trajectories preceding lethal and non-lethal violence

Karoliina Suonpää, Mikko Aaltonen and Victor van der Geest

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2020, vol. 68, issue C

Abstract: This study analyzes the pathways leading to violent offending. We examine whether the lethality of a violent crime could be predicted based on individuals' prior history of violent crime and income, and whether the trajectories of lethal offenders are distinguishable from the pathways of non-lethal offenders.

Keywords: Violence; Homicide; Trajectory; Criminal history; Social disadvantage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101685

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