RT Article
T1 Does the victim-offender relationship matter?: exploring the sentencing of female homicide offenders
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 4
SP 898
OP 914
A1 Kim, Bitna
A2 Gerber, Jurg
A2 Kim, Yeonghee
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1587263807
AB Empirical research pertaining to sentencing of homicide offenders has been restricted almost exclusively to samples of male offenders in the United States. To fill this void in international research and to explore questions regarding the treatment of female homicide offenders further, we examined the extent to which victim-offender relationships and motives independently affect the length of sentences imposed by analyzing a nationally representative sample of female offenders adjudicated guilty of homicide in South Korea, over the period 1986-2013. In contrast to previous studies conducted in Canada, the Netherlands, and the United States, the current study found that the victim-offender relationship has no affect on sentence lengths. Rather, the most significant predictor for the sentence lengths of the female homicide offenders was the motive for killing. We discuss future directions for international comparative research on the roles of victim-offender relationships and motives in sentencing outcomes of female offenders.
K1 Female homicide offenders
K1 Sentencing
K1 Victim–offender relationships
K1 Motives
K1 South Korea
K1 Mord
K1 Frauen
K1 Männer
K1 Beziehung
K1 Südkorea
DO 10.1177/0306624X16667573