RT Article
T1 Do Gang Members Commit Abnormal Homicide?
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 39
IS 1
SP 125
OP 138
A1 DeLisi, Matt
A2 Spruill, James O.
A2 Vaughn, Michael G.
A2 Trulson, Chad R.
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764200942
AB Gang membership is a robust correlate of homicide offending and victimization, but little is known about the association between gang status and various abnormal forms of homicide (e.g., multiple-victim homicide, sexual homicide, and abduction homicide). The current study utilized data from a large sample of 618 male convicted murderers to empirically examine gang status and diverse forms of homicide perpetration. Gang-involved offenders were nearly three times as likely to commit a normal homicide characterized as a single-victim murder. However, gang members were 64 % less likely to perpetrate multiple-victim murder. In other models, gang status reduced the likelihood of sexual homicide by 75 % and reduced the likelihood of abduction homicide by 56 %. These findings present an anomaly in the gang-homicide literature, and suggestions for additional research are offered.
K1 Serial Murder
K1 Abnormal homicide
K1 Normal homicide
K1 Homicide
K1 Gangs
DO 10.1007/s12103-013-9201-y