@article{ref1,
title="Crime-scene and offender characteristics in conventional and nonconventional stranger homicides committed by male offenders in Sweden",
journal="Medicine, science, and the law",
year="2024",
author="Rodre, Sara and Sturup, Joakim and Masterman, Thomas",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="In Sweden, from 1990 to 2013, most homicides occurred between family members, friends or acquaintances: the annual rate of incidents between unacquainted offenders and victims ranged between 8% and 13%. In the majority of these &quot;stranger homicides,&quot; three common motives, as defined by the precipitating event, could be identified: homicides resulting from a spontaneous altercation; homicides committed in the context of a robbery or burglary; and homicides committed in the context of a gangland conflict. The remaining minority-with uncommon or indiscernible motives-could, nonetheless, be categorized according to their nonconventional distinguishing feature: homicides characterized by the offender's ostensibly mentally aberrant behavior; homicides committed in the context of a hate offense or politically motivated offense; homicides committed in the context of a sexual offense; and homicides committed in the context of a mass killing or series of homicides. In this registry-based study of 224 incidents, &quot;conventional&quot; stranger homicides, defined by their commonplace motive, were compared with &quot;nonconventional&quot; stranger homicides, defined by their lack of such motive. The former were more often committed with an accomplice, against a male victim, whereas the latter were more often committed in a public place, after contact initiated by the offender. In the latter, offenders were less often intoxicated at the time of the offense and more often adjudged to suffer from a severe mental disorder. The subcategory of nonconventional stranger homicides characterized by the offender's ostensibly mentally aberrant behavior corresponded largely to both the archetypal stranger-homicide construct and the popular notion &quot;act of madness.&quot;<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0025-8024",
doi="10.1177/00258024241255779",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00258024241255779"
}