Moral time and homicide investigations.

homicide;investigation;intimate partner homicide;moral time;sentence outcome;charges

David Stuart Lapsey, Jr.

University:University of Louisville

Department:Criminal Justice

关键词: homicide;    investigation;    intimate partner homicide;    moral time;    sentence outcome;    charges;   

Others  :  https://ir.library.louisville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3770&context=etd

美国|英语

来源: The Universite of Louisville's Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

Previous literature explores the many dimensions of homicide investigations, including case and individual characteristics, evidence and investigative activities. However, little research delves into situational characteristics and their relationship to specific homicides, charge severity sought by prosecutors and sentence length given to homicide offenders. The current study sampled homicide cases (N=68) to gather baseline information and data regarding judicial outcomes. Donald Black’s Theory of Moral Time (2011) is tested and utilized as the study’s conceptual framework for the study’s hypotheses.