Some related criminological aspects with Intentional Homicides in Costa Rica

 

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Autore: Sáenz Rojas, Mario Alberto
Natura: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data di pubblicazione:2022
Descrizione:This article presents some psychosocial and juridical aspects of voluntarymanslaughters that occurred in Costa Rica during the 1998-1999 period. The study isbased on guilty verdicts given by the justice courts. The outcomes indicate that thereare no significant differences between manslaughter and murder; fire weapons werethe main way for committing murder; nearly one in four offenders had a criminalrecord, and in two thirds of the cases, the victim and the offender knew each other.
Stato:Portal de Revistas UCR
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lingua:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/51132
Accesso online:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/sociales/article/view/51132
Keyword:COSTA RICA
VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
CRIMINOLOGY
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ALCOHOL INTAKE
FIRE WEAPONS
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
HOMICIDIOS DOLOSOS
CRIMINOLOGÍA
VIOLENCIA DOMÉSTICA
CONSUMO DE ALCOHOL
ARMAS DE FUEGO
RELACIONES INTERPERSONALES