RT Article
T1 Measuring the severity of physical injury among assault and homicide victims
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 2
IS 2
SP 139
OP 156
A1 Allen, Roy B.
LA English
YR 1986
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764276612
AB Criminologists seldom have attempted to measure the severity of physical injury to victims of aggravated assault and homicide, even though it is significant to many of their research efforts. Previous attempts have been neither medically accurate nor medically acceptable. In this paper the author discusses the shortcomings of these efforts and introduces an alternative method which is valid, reliable, and medically acceptable. In addition, the author discusses its applicability to research the impact of medical intervention on violent criminal assault, on factors which contribute to the severity of assaultive injury and the lethal outcome of violent assault, on specific questions regarding the patterns of offending and victimization, and on the administration of criminal justice.
K1 Medical care
K1 Aggravated assault
K1 Homicide
K1 Victims
K1 injury severity scales
K1 injury severity
DO 10.1007/BF01074577