Classifying perpetrators of stalking-related behavior with latent class analysis

IF 3.3 1区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Criminal Justice Pub Date : 2024-10-07 DOI:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102298

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Abstract

Background

Stalking often escalates from mild behaviors, such as surveillance, to severe forms involving violence, posing serious risks to victims. While identifying high-risk perpetrator classes is crucial for preventing victimization, research on perpetrator classification based on stalking behavior remains limited.

Purpose

This study used latent class analysis (LCA) to classify perpetrators by gender based on their stalking-related behavior (SRB) patterns from a Japanese population survey, and examined the risk levels and characteristics of each class.

Methods

Participants included 530 Japanese individuals (240 men and 290 women) aged 20–49 years whose non-marital romantic partner had expressed a desire for separation and no contact.

Results

LCA revealed four-class models for both men and women. For men, the classes identified were indirect seeker (71.9 %), direct pursuit (21.3 %), serious perpetrator (3.8 %), and mild perpetrator (3.0 %). For women, the classes were indirect seeker (68.2 %), direct pursuit (19.2 %), malicious defamation (10.5 %), and serious perpetrator (2.2 %). In both genders, serious perpetrators exhibited a higher likelihood of violence and suicide attempts, emphasizing the need for mental health assessments and appropriate care alongside violence prevention.

Conclusions

Future research should focus on exploring the diversity of high-risk perpetrators.

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利用潜类分析对跟踪相关行为的实施者进行分类

背景跟踪行为往往会从监视等轻微行为升级到涉及暴力的严重形式，从而给受害者带来严重风险。本研究根据日本人口调查中与跟踪相关的行为（SRB）模式，采用潜类分析法（LCA）对施暴者进行性别分类，并研究了每类施暴者的风险水平和特征。方法参与者包括 530 名日本人（240 名男性和 290 名女性），他们的年龄在 20-49 岁之间，其非婚恋伴侣曾表示希望分居且不再联系。对男性而言，确定的等级是间接寻求者（71.9%）、直接追求者（21.3%）、严重施害者（3.8%）和轻度施害者（3.0%）。就女性而言，则分为间接寻求者（68.2%）、直接追求者（19.2%）、恶意诽谤者（10.5%）和严重肇事者（2.2%）。在这两种性别中，严重施暴者都表现出更高的暴力和自杀企图的可能性，这强调了在预防暴力的同时进行心理健康评估和适当护理的必要性。

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Journal of Criminal Justice CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

CiteScore

6.90

自引率

9.10%

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审稿时长

23 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Criminal Justice is an international journal intended to fill the present need for the dissemination of new information, ideas and methods, to both practitioners and academicians in the criminal justice area. The Journal is concerned with all aspects of the criminal justice system in terms of their relationships to each other. Although materials are presented relating to crime and the individual elements of the criminal justice system, the emphasis of the Journal is to tie together the functioning of these elements and to illustrate the effects of their interactions. Articles that reflect the application of new disciplines or analytical methodologies to the problems of criminal justice are of special interest. Since the purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of new ideas, new information, and the application of new methods to the problems and functions of the criminal justice system, the Journal emphasizes innovation and creative thought of the highest quality.