Interest in physical danger: does it mediate the relationship between gender and violent offending?

Hoskin, Anthony W.; Liftawi, Sarah

doi:10.1108/jcp-01-2022-0003

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“…Irrespective of relationship type, Warren and colleagues found that abductions perpetrated by male offenders under the age of 29 were most likely to result in fatal outcomes. This coincides with research showing an over representation of men in violent interpersonal crimes (Hoskin and Liftawi, 2022). The authors did not find any associations between fatality outcomes and the offenders’ ethnicity or arrest history.…”

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Understanding the complexities of non-familial child abductions: a systematic literature review on the behavioural characteristics of acquaintance and stranger abductors

Jones

Mojtahedi

Wager

et al. 2023

JCP

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Purpose Reports from 2016 to 2017 suggest that approximately 870 cases of non-familial child abduction (NFA) are recorded in England and Wales per year. Yet, empirical knowledge of the victims, offenders and offence characteristics is limited in comparison to other forms of child victimisation. Furthermore, much of the available knowledge is constrained by a lack of clarity around the differences between acquaintance and stranger abductors. This systematic literature review aims to develop a comprehensive overview of acquaintance and stranger child abductions, focussing on the similarities and differences in offending behaviours. Design/methodology/approach Research databases (PsycArticles, Google Scholar, Science Direct, PsycINFO, Criminal Justice Abstracts, MEDLINE and ERIC) and the Grey Literature (ETHOS and EBSCO) were screened for peer-reviewed research published between 1995 and 2021. Sixteen articles met the inclusion criteria and were critically appraised using a modified version of the Joanna Briggs Institute Checklist for Case Reports. Findings Six key areas within NFA offences and their characteristics were identified as offering potential for differentiating acquaintance and stranger abductors: victim–offender relationship, number of victims and offenders, motives, modus operandi, victim injury, sexual assault and mechanism of death (in fatal cases). The results of this review are discussed with consideration given to investigative implications, limitations and directions for future study. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first to systematically review the current NFA literature, from which pragmatic recommendations for practice and future academic enquiry are drawn.

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Understanding the complexities of non-familial child abductions: a systematic literature review on the behavioural characteristics of acquaintance and stranger abductors

Jones

Mojtahedi

Wager

et al. 2023

JCP

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“…Additionally, implicit measures could circumvent biases of self-reported motivation pertaining to faking, self-perception and social desirability which can, also, be of interest when interviewing offenders or predicting violent offences. This adds to literature using indirect measures to assess personality-relevant antisocial tendencies; for example, interest for physical danger was predictive of violent behavior (Hoskin and Liftawi, 2022) and heightened perceptions of vulnerability based on audio-less videos of women who appeared less confident and autonomous to the sample (Stewart et al , 2022).…”

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A multi-method investigation of motive dispositions: affiliative and antagonistic dispositions in psychopathy

Spantidaki Kyriazi,

Bogaerts,

Denissen

et al. 2023

JCP

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Purpose To replicate and extend research on psychopathy and intrinsic interpersonal preferences under the broader umbrella of affiliation, intimacy and antagonism, this paper aims to examine motivational correlates of psychopathy in a nonclinical sample (N = 125). Design/methodology/approach We used a multimethod design, including self-reports, a behavioral task and a physiological assessment of motive dispositions (automatic affective reactions to stimuli of interpersonal transactions measured with facial electromyography). Findings Results showed that self-reported psychopathy was negatively associated with self-reported intimacy motive. In the same vein, via the social discounting task, this paper found a negative association between psychopathy and a tendency to share hypothetical monetary amounts with very close others. Finally, regarding fEMG findings, multilevel analyses revealed that although individuals with low levels of psychopathy reacted more positively to affiliative stimuli, individuals with high levels of psychopathy reacted equally positively to both affiliative and antagonistic stimuli, and these results were robust across psychopathy measures. Results remained mostly unchanged on the subscale level. Originality/value These findings highlight the contribution of multimethod assessments in capturing nuances of motivation. Implicit physiological measures might be particularly sensitive in capturing motive dispositions in relation to psychopathy. Identifying mechanisms that foster positive connections between psychopathic traits and nonprosocial tendencies may be theoretically and clinically informative, with implications for forensic and penal practices.

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Examining traumatic brain injury as a risk factor for violent offending: testing for cognitive and affective mediation

Wojciechowski

2024

JCP

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Purpose While prior research has established that traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a risk factor for violent offending, there is little understanding of mechanisms that may underpin this relationship. This is problematic, as a better understanding of these mechanisms could facilitate more effective targeting of treatment. This study aims to address these gaps in the extant literature by examining TBI as a predictor of violent offending and test for mediation effects through cognitive constructs of dual systems imbalance and hostility among a sample of justice-involved youth (JIY). Design/methodology/approach The Pathways to Desistance data were analyzed. The first three waves of this data set comprising the responses of 1,354 JIY were analyzed. Generalized structural equation modeling was used to test for direct and indirect effects of interest. A bootstrap resampling process was used to compute unbiased standard errors for determining the statistical significance of mediation effects. Findings Lifetime experience of TBI was associated with increased violent offending frequency at follow-up. Hostility significantly mediated this relationship, but dual systems imbalance did not. This indicated that programming focused on reducing hostility among JIY who have experienced TBI could aid in reducing violent recidivism rates. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this study was the first to identify significant mediation of the relationship between TBI and violent offending through hostility.

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Interest in physical danger: does it mediate the relationship between gender and violent offending?

Cited by 3 publications

References 49 publications

Understanding the complexities of non-familial child abductions: a systematic literature review on the behavioural characteristics of acquaintance and stranger abductors

Understanding the complexities of non-familial child abductions: a systematic literature review on the behavioural characteristics of acquaintance and stranger abductors

A multi-method investigation of motive dispositions: affiliative and antagonistic dispositions in psychopathy

Examining traumatic brain injury as a risk factor for violent offending: testing for cognitive and affective mediation

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