title: Triad-related homicides in Hong Kong.
abstract: This study provides an overview of the first systematic research on triad-related homicide in a Chinese society. In the 10-year period from 1989 to 1998, 11.9% of all homicides or a total of 95 triad-related homicides were extracted from the Hong Kong Homicide Monitoring Database. These events resulted in 124 victims (13.2 percent of all victims) and involved 526 known offenders. Triad homicides were classified into various types based on different combinations of circumstances, motivation, and outcomes including unintended outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Center for Criminology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Broadhurst
authors.forename: Philip S L
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Beh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019992:Databases as Topic; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008722:Methods; D009042:Motivation; D014754:Violence