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Investigating homicide offender typologies based on their clinical histories and crime scene behaviour patterns

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify offender typologies based on aspects of the offenders' psychopathology and their associations with crime scene behaviours using data derived from the National Confidential Enquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health concerning homicides in England and Wales committed by offenders in contact with mental health services in the year preceding the offence (n=759). Design/methodology/approach The authors used multiple correspondence analysis to investigate the interrelationships between the variables and hierarchical agglomerative clustering to identify offender typologies. Variables describing: the offender's mental health history; the offenders' mental state at the time of offence; characteristics useful for police investigations; and patterns of crime scene behaviours were included. Findings Results showed differences in the offender's histories in relation to their crime scene behaviours. Further, analyses revealed three homicide typologies: externalising, psychosis and depression. Analyses revealed three homicide typologies: externalising, psychotic and depressive. Originality/value Empirical studies with an emphasis on offender profiling have almost exclusively focussed on the inference of offender demographic characteristics. This study provides a first step in the exploration of offender psychopathology and its integration to the multivariate analysis of offence information for the purposes of investigative profiling of homicide by identifying the dominant patterns of mental illness within homicidal behaviour.

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hal-02356627 , version 1 (08-11-2019)

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Valeria Abreu, Edward Barker, Hannah Dickson, François Husson, Sandra Flynn, et al.. Investigating homicide offender typologies based on their clinical histories and crime scene behaviour patterns. Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, 2019, 5 (3), pp.168-188. ⟨10.1108/jcrpp-03-2019-0022⟩. ⟨hal-02356627⟩
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