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Understanding criminal behaviour: identifying psychological differences between domestically violent offenders and non-offenders

Argyrides, Maria, Bartholomew, Terence and Carvalho, Tatiana 2004, Understanding criminal behaviour: identifying psychological differences between domestically violent offenders and non-offenders, in Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: dilemmas of contemporary criminal justice, University of Maribor, Ljubljana, Slovenia, pp.551-564.

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Collection: School of Psychology
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Title Understanding criminal behaviour: identifying psychological differences between domestically violent offenders and non-offenders
Author(s) Argyrides, Maria
Bartholomew, Terence
Carvalho, Tatiana
Title of book Policing in Central and Eastern Europe: dilemmas of contemporary criminal justice
Editor(s) Meško, Gorazd
Pagon, Milan
Dobovšek, Bojan
Publication date 2004
Total chapters 70
Start page 551
End page 564
Total pages 14
Publisher University of Maribor
Place of Publication Ljubljana, Slovenia
Summary Numerous theories have been formulated in an attempt to explain the psychological differences between violent offenders and non-offenders. Constructs that have emerged as salient in such scholarship include anger expression, social problem solving, locus of control, attitudes toward women, impulsivity and temper. Although a considerable amount of sound research has been conducted into 'violent offending' per se, in general terms, research into family and domestic violence is yet to be as methodologically and theoretically rigorous. In an attempt to link these areas of work, and to identify the risk factors (or 'criminogenic needs') of specific sub-groups of male offenders, this research compared: (I) property offenders, (2) those who had been· 'violent against strangers', (3) those who had been 'violent against intimates' and (4) non-offenders. In an effort to address one of the shortcomings of prior research, potentially confounding variables such as age, education level cultural identity, and socio-economic status were controlled for in an effort to arrive at more meaningful representations of each offender group's specific psychological deficits and abundances. A number of differences were highlighted between the groups, but few of these remained after demographic
covariates were controlled for. This paper details the nature of these differences, while also proposing that future studies adopt a similar methodology.
ISBN 9616230468
9789616230469
Language eng
Field of Research 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category B1 Book chapter
Copyright notice ©2004, University of Maribor
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30000648
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