PARTICULARITIES OF VICTIM-OFFENDER RELATIONSHIP IN HOMICIDES COMMITTED BY MALES AGAINST MALES
PARTICULARITIES OF VICTIM-OFFENDER RELATIONSHIP IN HOMICIDES COMMITTED BY MALES AGAINST MALES

Summary/Abstract: Studies carried out worldwide (inclusive in Romania) intensively approached particular types of homicide, such as intimate partner homicide. However less knowledge exists in connection to other types such homicide committed by men against men. So far in Romania no analysis was elaborated in this field. Studies conducted also showed that the characteristics of the homicide (location of occurrence, tools used, injuries on the victim, etc.) depend not only on the age, education or gender of the victim and the perpetrator, but also on the relationship between the two parties. From the point of view of the criminal investigators the description of these particularities is crucial since it will directly support the identification of the perpetrators. Therefore the aim of this article is to describe for the first time the characteristics of the male-to-male homicides occurred in Romania and its peculiarities in connection to the victimperpetrator relationship. Homicide perpetrated by males against males is the most common form of homicide in Romania. The data showed that most homicides committed by men against men occurred on the background of interpersonal conflicts. It also revealed differences between homicides in regard to the number of perpetrators, their age, environment and place of occurrence, contexts and weapons used in connection with the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator perpetrator-victim relationship.

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