title: Risk estimations of the conjunction of victim and crime event characteristics on the lethal outcome of sexual assaults.
abstract: This study examines what factors may distinguish injury from death in sexual crimes. We suggest that victim characteristics may work in conjunction with the crime context to enhance or reduce a fatal outcome once a sexual assault is underway. Based on a sample of 201 sex offenders who either physically injured or killed their victim, we calculate risk estimations of lethal and injurious outcomes for various conjunctions of victim characteristics and contextual aspects of the crime event. One of the most interesting findings is the apparent protective effects of a victim's criminogenic environment, which consistently appears to decrease the probability of a fatal outcome.
authors.affiliation: School of Criminology and Centre for Research on Sexual Violence, Simon Fraser University, Canada. ebeaureg@sfu.ca
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Beauregard
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mieczkowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult