Profiling Korean sex crimes: Offender characteristics and crime scene actions



Kim, Sunghwan, Almond, Louise and Eyre, Marie
(2020) Profiling Korean sex crimes: Offender characteristics and crime scene actions. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 17 (1). pp. 59-73.

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The present study aimed to examine the demographic information of sex offenders in South Korea and explore whether a U.K. thematic model of criminal behaviour could be replicated in the Korean context. The 27 variables of crime scene actions derived from 50 Korean sexual offences through a content analysis were analysed with smallest space analysis. Chi‐square was also administered to explore the differences in offender characteristics among behavioural themes. Consequently, three separate action themes, hostility–involvement, theft, and control, were revealed. Next, each case was assigned to one of the dominant or hybrid themes, with 84% of the total cases being classified to the dominant themes. Moreover, there were significant differences in four offender characteristics between the themes: “previous conviction of robbery,” “previous conviction of sexual crime,” “knowing the victim,” and “vehicle use.” These outcomes have implications for the development of the Korean profiling system.</jats:p>

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: crime scene action, behavioural theme, offender characteristic, profiling, sex offence
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 21 Nov 2019 11:45
Last Modified: 18 Sep 2023 08:09
DOI: 10.1002/jip.1539
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3062673