Citation

Kim S, Almond L, Eyre M. J. Investig. Psych. Offender Profil. 2020; 17(1): 59-73.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jip.1539

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine the demographic information of sex offenders in South Korea and explore whether a U.K. thematic model of criminal behaviour could be replicated in the Korean context. The 27 variables of crime scene actions derived from 50 Korean sexual offences through a content analysis were analysed with smallest space analysis. Chi-square was also administered to explore the differences in offender characteristics among behavioural themes. Consequently, three separate action themes, hostility-involvement, theft, and control, were revealed. Next, each case was assigned to one of the dominant or hybrid themes, with 84% of the total cases being classified to the dominant themes. Moreover, there were significant differences in four offender characteristics between the themes: "previous conviction of robbery," "previous conviction of sexual crime," "knowing the victim," and "vehicle use." These outcomes have implications for the development of the Korean profiling system.

Language: en

Keywords

behavioural theme; crime scene action; offender characteristic; profiling; sex offence