Descriptive Model of the Offence Process of Women Violent Offenders: Distal Background Variables

Murdoch, Sharlene; Vess, James; Ward, Tony

doi:10.1080/13218710903421316

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“…Few researchers have attempted to diagnose the phenomenon of domestic abuse perpetrated by women (Steinmetz, 1987;Rennison, 2009;Murdoch, Vess, & Ward, 2010;Straus, 2003). They have tried mainly to present the abuse directed by women towards their partners, together with the range and forms of this phenomenon's occurrences.…”

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Risk factors in committing domestic violence in light of gender psychology

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Rode²

2017

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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The present research attempts to establish specific risk factors of domestic violence occurrences, and to pinpoint the gender-specific differences that are their main predictors. According to the subject literature, four categories of variables (personality, temperamental, socialisation, and demographic features) may constitute significant predictors of violent behaviours. participants and procedure The selection criterion was the type of crime. Prospective research subjects were men and women convicted under article 207 paragraph 1.2 the Penal Code for abuse of family members. The group constituted 366 inmates-130 female (35.60%) and 236 male (64.40%).

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Risk factors in committing domestic violence in light of gender psychology

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Rode²

2017

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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“…Micro-theories, such as offence chain models, which detail the offence process have been developed for both violent (Cassar, Ward, & Thakker, 2003; Chambers, Ward, Eccleston, & Brown, 2009; Murdoch, Vess, & Ward, 2010, 2012) and sexual (Gannon, Rose, & Ward, 2008; Polaschek, Hudson, Ward, & Siegert, 2001; Ward, Louden, Hudson, & Marshall, 1995) offenders. Such models describe the cognitive, affective, behavioural, and contextual factors that precipitate and accompany an instance of offending.…”

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Pathways to Firesetting for Mentally Disordered Offenders: A Preliminary Examination

Tyler

Gannon

2015

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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The current study aimed to investigate the specific pathways in the offence process for mentally disordered firesetters. In a previous study, an offence chain model was constructed (i.e., the Firesetting Offence Chain for Mentally Disordered Offenders, FOC-MD) using offence descriptions obtained from 23 mentally disordered firesetters, detailing the sequence of contextual, behavioural, affective, and cognitive factors that precipitate an incidence of firesetting for this population. The current study examines the prevalence of the specific pathways to firesetting for the original 23 mentally disordered firesetters and a further sample of 13 mentally disordered firesetters. Three distinct pathways to firesetting are identified within the FOC-MD: fire interest-childhood mental health, no fire interest-adult mental health, fire interest-adult mental health. In this article, we describe these three pathways in detail using illustrative case studies. The practice implications of these identified pathways are also discussed.

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“… 1. In line with previous offense chain research (e.g., Murdoch, Vess, & Ward, 2010, 2011), participants were asked to choose one fire that they could clearly recall for the purpose of the interview. …”

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A Firesetting Offense Chain for Mentally Disordered Offenders

Tyler

Gannon

Lockerbie

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Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Relatively little effort has been made to develop and validate theories that explain firesetting.In this study the first offense chain model of firesetting in mentally disordered offenders was developed. Twenty-three mentally disordered firesetters were interviewed about the affective, cognitive, behavioral and contextual factors leading up to and surrounding one of their recorded firesetting offenses. Offense account interviews were analysed using groundedtheory. The resulting model consists of four main phases: (1) background, (2) early adulthood, (3) pre-offense period, and (4) offense, and post offense period. The model accounts for firesetting by both male and female mentally disordered offenders and highlights the importance of early childhood experiences of fire and the onset of mental illness as precursors to firesetting within this population. Further, the model is able to distinguish between different types of mentally disordered firesetters and their offense styles. The clinical implications and utility of the model are also discussed.

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Descriptive Model of the Offence Process of Women Violent Offenders: Distal Background Variables

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Risk factors in committing domestic violence in light of gender psychology

Risk factors in committing domestic violence in light of gender psychology

Pathways to Firesetting for Mentally Disordered Offenders: A Preliminary Examination

A Firesetting Offense Chain for Mentally Disordered Offenders

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