RT Article
T1 A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Canadian and Korean Sexual Homicide
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 63
IS 9
SP 1538
OP 1556
A1 Sea, Jonghan
A2 Beauregard, Eric
A2 Martineau, Melissa
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1670852474
AB Sexual homicide is a crime of rare occurrence. However, crime severity surveys ranked this form of sexual violence as the second most serious crime. Despite an increase in recent years in the publication of empirical studies on sexual homicide, most of these studies originate from Western countries. Therefore, to our knowledge, no studies to date have tested whether the country where sexual homicides are committed influences the way these crimes are executed by the offenders. The current study attempts to shed additional light on the sexual homicide offender (SHO) by comparing Korean and Canadian SHOs as well as comparing both groups of SHOs with a group of nonsexual homicide offenders (NSHOs). Findings suggest that both Korean and Canadian sexual homicide cases present not only similar patterns but also some specific differences, mainly related to their criminal history, the offender's age, forensic awareness, and some modus operandi characteristics such as the type of violence and the use of a weapon. Findings are discussed in light of cultural differences between the two countries.
K1 Sexual homicide
K1 Nonsexual homicide
K1 Demographic variables
K1 Crime scene behaviors
K1 Sexualverbrechen
K1 Sexualmord
K1 Vergleichsstudie
K1 Südkorea
K1 Kanada
DO 10.1177/0306624X19834408