TY - JOUR
T1 - Deviant homicide
T2 - A new look at the role of motives and victim-offender relationships
AU - Decker, Scott H.
PY - 1996/11/1
Y1 - 1996/11/1
N2 - Like all crimes, homicide has a normative character. That is, homicide is characterized by a certain level of social organization that creates routine expectations about the 'appropriate' combination of motives and victim offender relationships, as well as situational characteristics. Previous homicide research has found that stranger violence most often has an instrumental motive, whereas homicides within primary relationships are expressive in nature. Using data from homicide events in St. Louis, nonnormative or deviant homicides are examined. These events are of particular relevance to understanding homicide and public reactions to homicide.
AB - Like all crimes, homicide has a normative character. That is, homicide is characterized by a certain level of social organization that creates routine expectations about the 'appropriate' combination of motives and victim offender relationships, as well as situational characteristics. Previous homicide research has found that stranger violence most often has an instrumental motive, whereas homicides within primary relationships are expressive in nature. Using data from homicide events in St. Louis, nonnormative or deviant homicides are examined. These events are of particular relevance to understanding homicide and public reactions to homicide.
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U2 - 10.1177/0022427896033004003
DO - 10.1177/0022427896033004003
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0029904807
SN - 0022-4278
VL - 33
SP - 427
EP - 449
JO - Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
JF - Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
IS - 4
ER -