1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«In addition to testing the Chan et al.’s model, this study proposes and tests an alternative model by incorporating the construct of pre-crime precipitators to better explain the motivating factor of an offender to commit a sexual homicide.» (p. vi)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«[T]his study utilizes the dataset collected by a group of Canadian researchers on 230 incarcerated non-serial homicidal (N = 55) and non-homicidal (N = 175) sex offenders in the province of Quebec, Canada for the period between 1995 and 2005.» (p. vi)

Instruments :
L’auteur quantifie des résultats obtenus par l’équipe de recherche québécoise qui avait menée des entrevues avec les 230 participants à l’aide d’un guide d’entretien semi-directif.

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

The author «examine the offending process of sexual homicide by investigating the effects of the offender’s motivation, the target suitability and attractiveness, the absence of a capable guardian or guardianship, and the pre-crime precipitating factors in deciding the lethal outcome of a sexual offense. The theoretical model proposed by Chan and colleagues received some support. [F]indings suggest that the sex offender’s sexually deviant behaviors and attitudes serve as a motivating factor, and the presence/absence of a capable guardian or guardianship at the immediate crime surroundings are significant factors in deciding the survival rate of the victim.» (p. vi-vii) L’auteur étudie le niveau d’agressivité et de violence familiales et parentales. La présence d’antécédents criminels dans la famille est aussi évaluée. À cet égard, l’auteur remarque que: «sexually deviant behaviors and attitudes should be discouraged at the domestic level whereby such behaviors and attitudes can be learned via differential associations and/or imitations, as tested in this study, within a family setting. […] Findings of this study addressed the importance of healthy parent-child relationship in preventing the involvement of offspring in delinquent conduct, which includes sexually deviant acts that may result in a lethal outcome.» (p. 139)