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Exploring Demographic, Structural, And Behavioral Overlap Among Homicide Offenders And Victims, Lisa M. Broidy, Jerry K. Daday, Cameron S. Crandall, David P. Sklar, Peter F. Jost

Sociology Faculty Publications

Criminologists tend to focus their attention on the dynamics of offending, paying limited theoretical and empirical attention to the well-established relation between offending and victimization. However, a number of criminological theories predict similarities in the correlates and etiology of victimization and offending, suggesting substantial overlap across offender and victim populations. Empirical research confirms this overlap across offender and victim populations, at least among those involved in nonlethal incidents. This research explores whether similarities between offender and victim populations extends to homicide, using criminal justice, health care, and U.S. Census data linked to homicide offenders and victims in Bernalillo County, New …