Criminal Narrative Experience: Relating Emotions to Offence Narrative Roles During Crime Commission

Journal Invest Psychology

Hammond

2018

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The main aim of the study was to examine the emotional experiences of crime amongst women offenders. With a mean age of 36.40 years (SD = 11.12), 128 women offenders completed a questionnaire exploring emotions they had experienced whilst committing a crime. Participants included incarcerated individuals as well as those in community-based projects. Smallest space analysis of the emotions highlighted four key themes; depression, distress, elation, and calm. Results reflected the circumplex model of emotions but highlighted strong distinction between pleasure and displeasure. Overall, the majority of women reported negative emotional experiences of crime. Understanding how individuals felt during their crime commission offers alternative perspectives of criminal behaviour and a framework for future explorations. Results offer crucial insights for policy makers, criminal investigations, and therapeutic treatment options.

Section: Emotions and Crimementioning

confidence: 86%

Women offenders' emotional experience of crime

Ciesla

Journal Invest Psychology

Hammond

2018

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“…Unlike in Ioannou et al's (2016) sample, offenders felt scared, upset and worried, but also courageous for acting. They were looking for some sort of recognition.…”

Section: Depressed Victimmentioning

confidence: 68%

“…To test the hypothesis that emotions and narrative roles would present in distinct regions, the SSA plot was examined. Emotions and narrative roles appear to form four themes previously identified by Ioannou et al (2016) 25what was happening was just fate, (26) it all went to plan, (27) it was a manly thing to do, (28) it was just a usual days work, (29) it was like being on an adventure, (30) it was the only thing I could think of doing, (31) I knew I was taking a risk, (32) I knew it was going to happen.…”

Section: Themes Of Emotions and Narrative Rolesmentioning

confidence: 72%

“…Given the number of elements included in each theme differed, each individual case was given a percentage score to represent the extent it related to each theme. Consistent with criteria set by Ioannou et al (2016) the theme with the highest percentage attributed to it was classified as the dominant theme. For example, in case number 11, Depressed Victim scored 43.8%, Distressed Revenger scored 77.5%, Elated Hero scored 33.8% and Calm Professional scored 23.3%.…”

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confidence: 91%

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The Criminal Narrative Experience of Psychopathic and Personality Disordered Offenders

Goodlad

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

Hunter

2018

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Given the challenges associated with psychopathic and personality disordered offenders, further insight is needed. One way of doing this is by looking at offending from the first-person perspective. The study investigated the criminal narrative experience (CNE) of this population during the commissioning of crimes. Twenty-two high-risk male offenders were recruited and a questionnaire design was used. The data were analysed using Smallest Space Analysis which revealed four themes consistent with Ioannou, Canter, and Youngs’s CNE framework: depressed victim, distressed revenger, calm professional, and elated hero. Independent samples t tests explored whether personality disorders related to CNE themes, and Pearson’s product–moment correlation was used to explore the relationship between psychopathy and the CNE themes. Borderline personality disorder identified with the depressed victim. Paranoid and schizoid personality disorders did not identify with the calm professional. There was no significant relationship between psychopathy and the CNE themes. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

“…However, it has been reported (Youngs, Ioannou, & Eagles, ) that specialisation is represented through expressive and instrumental offenders, although if this relates to geo‐behaviour remains unclear. It would be useful to examine the criminal narratives of these two groups of offenders as has been successfully applied in other studies (Ioannou, Canter, Youngs, & Synnott, ; Ioannou, Canter, & Youngs, ; Ioannou, Hammond, & Simpson, ; Ioannou, Synnott, Lowe, & Tzani‐Pepelasi, ; Ioannou, Synnott, Reynolds, & Pearson, ; Yaneva, Ioannou, Hammond, & Synnott, ). This would be in respect to their geographic profiles to ascertain if the lack of variation is geographic behaviour is consistent in their offender narrative.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Crime location choices: A geographical analysis of German serial killers

Synnott

Bakker²,

Journal Invest Psychology

et al. 2019

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The present study examined whether there are different processes operating in the crime location choices between body‐disposing and non‐body‐disposing serial killers and between sexual serial killers and acquisitive serial killers. A sample of 49 series of solved German serial killings is used to examine the differences in travelled distances between these groups of killers. Nonparametric tests revealed that body‐disposing and non‐body‐disposing serial killers and sexual and acquisitive serial killers did not constitute subgroups of serial killers regarding their spatial behaviour. The results suggest that the compared groups are subjected to the same factors that influence their travelled distances. Furthermore, the possible role of planning and anticipated emotions in crime location choices of serial killers is discussed, as well as the limitations of the study and recommendations for future research.