Femicide in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 lockdown: A model for differentiating male offender characteristics

IF 0.8 4区 心理学 Q4 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Rea Johnston, John Synnott, Maria Ioannou, Sally-Ann Ashton
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Femicide, the lethal form of gender-based violence against women, is a global health crisis that transcends class and ethnicity. To date, there is no working model for differentiating male femicide offenders within Northern Ireland (NI); therefore, the current study aimed to do this, focusing on the timeframe of the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. The research has drawn on newspaper articles reporting on the 11 NI femicides perpetrated over a period of 20 months. These crimes were content analysed for the presence or absence of 16 pre-identified offender variables. The data was analysed using a multi-dimensional scaling procedure called Smallest Space Analysis (SSA). Two distinct themes emerged: Chronic Criminal Abuser and Mentally Disturbed. The qualitative data obtained on offender characteristics aligned with the preliminary model for differentiation. Forensic implications pertinent to risk assessment and management are considered. It is argued that NI adopt an active violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy to effectively tackle the issue of Femicide. Future research may consider a retrospective study of NI Femicide offenders to firmly establish the types of offenders committing femicide for targeted resource allocation.

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北爱尔兰在 COVID-19 封锁期间发生的杀戮女性事件:区分男性罪犯特征的模型
杀害妇女是基于性别的暴力侵害妇女行为的致命形式,是一场超越阶级和种族的全球健康危机。迄今为止,在北爱尔兰境内没有区分男性杀害女性罪犯的工作模式;因此,目前的研究旨在做到这一点,重点关注2020年COVID - 19封锁的时间框架。这项研究参考了报纸上关于在20个月内犯下的11起NI杀害妇女事件的报道。这些犯罪的内容分析了16个预先确定的罪犯变量的存在或不存在。使用称为最小空间分析(SSA)的多维尺度程序对数据进行分析。出现了两个截然不同的主题:慢性罪犯虐待者和精神障碍者。所得的定性数据与初步的分化模型一致。考虑与风险评估和管理相关的法医影响。有人认为,国家统计局采取了积极的暴力侵害妇女和女童战略,以有效地解决杀害妇女问题。未来的研究可以考虑对NI杀害女性罪犯进行回顾性研究,以确定杀害女性罪犯的类型,以便有针对性地分配资源。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling (JIP-OP) is an international journal of behavioural science contributions to criminal and civil investigations, for researchers and practitioners, also exploring the legal and jurisprudential implications of psychological and related aspects of all forms of investigation. Investigative Psychology is rapidly developing worldwide. It is a newly established, interdisciplinary area of research and application, concerned with the systematic, scientific examination of all those aspects of psychology and the related behavioural and social sciences that may be relevant to criminal.
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