Changing Characteristics of Homicide in Iceland

This paper discusses the changing characteristics of homicide in Iceland. Two periods, 1940–69 and 1970–84, were compared with respect to characteristics of the offender and his or her act. Significant differences emerged on the following variables: The pre-meditated nature of the act, action taken...

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Published in:Medicine, Science and the Law
Main Authors: Gudjonsson, Gisli H., Petursson, Hannes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1986
Subjects:
Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002580248602600410
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spelling crsagepubl:10.1177/002580248602600410 2024-06-23T07:53:54+00:00 Changing Characteristics of Homicide in Iceland Gudjonsson, Gisli H. Petursson, Hannes 1986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002580248602600410 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002580248602600410 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Medicine, Science and the Law volume 26, issue 4, page 299-303 ISSN 0025-8024 2042-1818 journal-article 1986 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/002580248602600410 2024-06-11T04:32:56Z This paper discusses the changing characteristics of homicide in Iceland. Two periods, 1940–69 and 1970–84, were compared with respect to characteristics of the offender and his or her act. Significant differences emerged on the following variables: The pre-meditated nature of the act, action taken by the offender after the homicide, length of sentence received, and the frequency of alcoholism and drug abuse. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SAGE Publications Medicine, Science and the Law 26 4 299 303
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description This paper discusses the changing characteristics of homicide in Iceland. Two periods, 1940–69 and 1970–84, were compared with respect to characteristics of the offender and his or her act. Significant differences emerged on the following variables: The pre-meditated nature of the act, action taken by the offender after the homicide, length of sentence received, and the frequency of alcoholism and drug abuse.
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title_short Changing Characteristics of Homicide in Iceland
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