TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Decision making in the crime commission process comparing: rapists, child molesters, and victim-crossover sex offenders
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Beauregard, Eric
A1  - Leclerc, Benoit
A1  - Lussier, Patrick
SP  - 1275
EP  - 1295
VL  - 39
IS  - 10
N2  - Based on a rational choice approach, this study compares the decision making involved in the crime commission process of rapists (n = 30), child molesters (n = 17), and victim-crossover sex offenders (n = 22). Using a mixed-methods framework and following Clarke and Cornish's decision-making model, the authors organized offenders' narratives collected during semistructured interviews into three major areas: (a) offense planning (i.e., premeditation of the crime, estimation of risk of apprehension by the offender, and forensic awareness of the offender); (b) offense strategies (i.e., use of a weapon, use of restraints, use of a vehicle, and level of force used; and (c) aftermath (i.e., event leading to the end of crime and victim release site location choice). <br><br>RESULTS emphasize the important role of situational factors and age of the victim on the decision-making process of serial sex offenders. Moreover, results show that because of particular choice-structuring properties, the decision making varies across different groups of serial sex offenders.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854812453120
ID  - ref1
ER  -