RT Article
T1 Participatory Behavior at Homicide Scenes: Crowd Formation or Community Continuity?
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 37
IS 3
SP 471
OP 484
A1 Grant, Patricia
A2 Diehl, Robyn L.
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764199812
AB Providing an alternative explanation of the cultural expression of crowd formation that occurs at homicide scenes, this article is a descriptive re-assessment of the original study reported by Lacks, Gordon and McCue (American Journal of Criminal Justice, 30:1–20, 2005 ). These authors espoused that crowd formation at homicide scenes occurred as a result of a “carnival-type” atmosphere; whereas, the current evaluation suggests other socio-cultural components of cultural expression which may more accurately reflect the behaviors of minorities at homicide scenes. Specifically, the current assessment purports that crowd formation at homicide scenes may be more closely related to community continuity and familiar associations rather than a carnival-type atmosphere.
K1 Cultural expressions
K1 Crime
K1 Sociocultural relationships
K1 Crowd formation
K1 Minorities
K1 Community continuity
K1 Homicide
DO 10.1007/s12103-012-9169-z