Understanding the Sexual Victimization of Children by Juveniles: Identifying Criminal Event Patterns

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Chopin ◽  
Eric Beauregard
Keyword(s):  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Situational Crime Prevention ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Crime Commission ◽  
Victim Assistance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

The purpose of this study is to explore the crime-commission process involved in the sexual victimization of children perpetrated by juveniles. Specifically, this study aims to explore the interconnectedness of pre-crime, crime, and post-crime phases with victimological characteristics using a criminal event perspective. The sample used in this study consists of 185 cases of child sexual abuses perpetrated by juveniles. The first step of this study uses latent class analysis to explore the relationship between each step of the crime-commission process. As a second step, additional variables were used to test the external validity of our model. Results suggest that there are three different criminal event patterns: familiar sexually non-intrusive, familiar sexually intrusive, and stranger sexually non-intrusive. Moreover, we found that specific victimological characteristics were associated with each of the patterns. Practical implications in terms of situational crime prevention and victim assistance are discussed.

Sexual Victimization Involving Solo Female Offenders: A Crime Script Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 001112872110617
Author(s):  
Julien Chopin ◽  
Eric Beauregard ◽  
Sarah Paquette
Keyword(s):  
External Validity ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Sexual Assaults ◽  
Crime Commission ◽  
Crime Scripts ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Crime Script

This study aims to provide a theoretically grounded analysis of the crime-commission process of solo females involved in sexual offending, using crime scripts. The sample includes 93 cases of sexual assaults perpetrated by female offenders in an extrafamilial context. Latent class analysis was used to identify the scripts involved in female sexual offending as well as to explore the relationship between each step of the crime-commission process. Also, additional variables related to victim, offender, and location characteristics were used to test the external validity of the model. Results suggest four different scripts used by females: Daytime Indoor, Coercive Outdoor, Coercive Indoor, and Nighttime Indoor. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Patterns of Necrophilic Behaviors in Sexual Homicide: A Criminological Perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2096994
Author(s):  
Julien Chopin ◽  
Eric Beauregard
Keyword(s):  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Sexual Homicide ◽  
Primary Motivation ◽  
Deviant Behaviors ◽  
Crime Commission ◽  
Criminological Perspective ◽  
Practical Implications

This study aims to empirically explore the patterns of necrophilic behaviors in sexual homicide. More specifically, the study investigates offender, victim, and crime characteristics of sexual homicides where necrophilic acts were perpetrated, to determine whether the primary motivation to kill is associated with the attainment of corpses or whether the post-mortem sexual acts were secondary deviant behaviors. The sample used in this study consists of 109 cases of extrafamilial sexual homicides where post-mortem sexual acts were committed by offenders. Latent class analysis was used to examine each step of the crime-commission process of sexual homicide offenders involved in necrophilic behaviors. Our findings suggest that there are four different patterns of necrophilia in sexual homicide: Opportunistic, experimental, preferential, and sadistic. Preferential offenders are the only ones who specifically kill their victims in order to have sex with their corpses, while for sadistic, experimental, and opportunistic offenders post-mortem sexual acts were part of a secondary deviant process. Practical implications in terms of criminal investigations and offenders’ treatment are discussed.

The Effects of Religion and Modernization on Egyptian Women’s IPV Attitudes

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122097880
Author(s):  
Golshan Golriz ◽  
Skye Miner
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Wife Beating ◽  
Multinomial Regression ◽  
The Relationship

This article uses the 2008 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey to explore the relationship between religion and women’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV). It also asks whether modernization, as measured by having a higher education or living in an urban area, can mediate or moderate this relationship. Using latent class analysis to create categories of women’s wife-beating attitudes, and multinomial regression to explore the relationship between religion, education, and urbanity, we find no significant relationship between being Muslim and justifying wife beating. Our data further suggest that neither education nor urbanity mediate or moderate this relationship.

Musical DIAMONDS: The influence of situational classes and characteristics on music listening behavior

2020 ◽  
pp. 030573562096891
Author(s):  
Sami Behbehani ◽  
Jochen Steffens
Keyword(s):  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Music Psychology ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Situational Characteristics ◽  
Listening Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

Music listening behavior has changed significantly due to technological advancements, leading to new listening contexts in which the situational circumstances play an increased influencing role. The aim of this study was thus to investigate the relationship between situational characteristics captured by the Situational Eight DIAMONDS and psychological characteristics of music (Arousal, Valence, and Depth) people listen to in different situations. Hence, an online study was conducted, in which 198 participants described and reported on features of 3 typical, self-selected listening situations. Results suggested that individuals adapted their music listening behavior dependent on the situational characteristics reflected by the eight DIAMONDS. Furthermore, utilizing a Latent Class Analysis, we established a taxonomy of music listening situations, including positive-social, ambivalent-individual, and negative-demanding situations. Finally, both DIAMONDS and the established classes reliably predicted reported music listening behavior and therefore are recommended to be considered in future research on social and music psychology.

Sexual Victimization Using Latent Class Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1111-1131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryana H. French ◽  
Yu Bi ◽  
Tracey G. Latimore ◽  
Heather R. Klemp ◽  
Ellen E. Butler
Keyword(s):  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Class Analysis
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