Aging Out of Crime and Personality Development: A Review of . . . In the current paper, we review the empirical literature that has examined cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between impulsivity and offending with a focus on middle and late adulthood The goal of this review is threefold
Victim Selection | The Oxford Handbook of Offender Decision . . . This chapter reviews what is known about victim selection—that is, the question of why offenders select some people, but not others, to be victims of crime It first addresses theoretical perspectives on victim selection, namely the structural–choice model of victim selection, social interactionism, and target congruence
Victims of Serial Murder: Cause and Effect in the Victim . . . An analysis of continuous (serial) victimization indicates that the primary and main factors influencing the murderer in the early stages of victim selection (where this applies) is their external appearance
The Different Faces of Impulsivity as Links between Childhood . . . We examined the role of impulsivity in linking child maltreatment and criminal behavior, and explored how different impulsivity traits (e g , non-planning, deliberation, urgency, sensation seeking) are associated with childhood maltreatment and criminal behavior in young adulthood The participants were young adults aged 18 to 25
“Deciding” to Kill: Understanding Homicide Offenders . . . Four case studies, two cases of homicide and two of sublethal encounters, illuminate offenders’ thoughts and feelings prior to and during the commission of the offense and illustrate the complex interplay of cognitive, affective, and situational factors in lethal and near-lethal events