Efforts to Prevent Crime Triggers in Sexual Murder Cases in China Through Public Education, Victim Protection, Perpetrator Rehabilitation, and Law Enforcement
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Law Enforcement; Perpetrator Rehabilitation; Public Education; Sexual Murder; Victim ProtectionAbstract
This study aims to provide evidence-based recommendations for public education, victim protection, offender rehabilitation, and law enforcement. Adopting a literature review methodology, this research analyzes sexual homicides in China to identify the factors that trigger such crimes and the strategies to prevent them. Through literature searches, document studies, and expert interviews, this study highlights the profiles of perpetrators, who are predominantly males with troubled pasts and often possess antisocial or schizoid personality disorders. Victims are often chosen randomly, with extreme physical and sexual violence used to express dominance. This phenomenon reflects broader social dysfunctions in Chinese society and challenges within the judicial system. The investigation of these cases underscores the need for a multidisciplinary approach to understand and prevent sexual crimes. This work emphasizes the importance of prevention strategies based on criminological theories such as Power and Control, Sexual Violence and Aggression, and Criminological Psychopathology to holistically address the issue of sexual homicide.
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Chan, H. C., Li, F., Liu, S., Lu, X., & Jia, H. (2019). Sexual homicides in China: Exploring the offender, victim, and offense characteristics. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 63(9), 1517–1537.
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Marganski, A. J. (2019). Making a murderer: The importance of gender and violence against women in mass murder events. Sociology Compass, 13(9), e12730.
Myers, W. C., Beauregard, E., & Menard, W. (2019). An updated sexual homicide crime scene rating scale for sexual sadism (SADSEX-SH). International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 63(9), 1766–1775.
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Ruslan, S. (2018). Features of the investigation of crimes committed by individuals with mental disabilities.
Servaes, J. (2022). Communication for development and social change. In The Routledge handbook of nonprofit communication (pp. 23–31). Routledge.
Shafira, S. S., Hakim, H. A., & Camo, A. C. (2023). Comparative Study of Death Penalty Against Crimes of Sexual Violence in Children and Causes of Crimes of Sexual Violence in View of Differential Association Theory. Law and Justice, 8(2), 138–152.
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Speed, A., Thomson, C., & Richardson, K. (2020). Stay home, stay safe, save lives? An analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on the ability of victims of gender-based violence to access justice. The Journal of Criminal Law, 84(6), 539–572.
Stefanska, E., Bloomfield, S., & Carter, A. (2021). Our love was a two-person game. At least until one of us died, and the other became a murderer: sexual homicide perpetrated by intimate partners. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 11(4), 301–314.
Strange, C. C., Manchak, S. M., Hyatt, J. M., Petrich, D. M., Desai, A., & Haberman, C. P. (2022). Opioid‐specific medication‐assisted therapy and its impact on criminal justice and overdose outcomes. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 18(1), e1215.
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Ten Brinke, L., & Keltner, D. (2022). Theories of power: Perceived strategies for gaining and maintaining power. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 122(1), 53.
Wang, J., Zhang, S., Zhong, S., Mellsop, G., Guo, H., Li, Q., Zhou, J., & Wang, X. (2019). Gender differences among homicide offenders with schizophrenia in Hunan Province, China. Psychiatry Research, 271, 124–130.
Wang, X., & Aoki, N. (2019). Paradox between neoliberal urban redevelopment, heritage conservation, and community needs: Case study of a historic neighbourhood in Tianjin, China. Cities. https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:158686608
Ybarra, M. L., & Thompson, R. E. (2018). Predicting the emergence of sexual violence in adolescence. Prevention Science, 19(4), 403–415.
Yin, S., & Sun, Y. (2021). Intersectional digital feminism: Assessing the participation politics and impact of the MeToo movement in China. Feminist Media Studies, 21(7), 1176–1192.
Zhang, H. (2022). The influence of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on family violence in China. Journal of Family Violence, 37(5), 733–743.
Zillmann, D. (2021). Connections between sexuality and aggression. Psychology Press.
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Jiahui, X. (2024). Efforts to Prevent Crime Triggers in Sexual Murder Cases in China Through Public Education, Victim Protection, Perpetrator Rehabilitation, and Law Enforcement. AL-MANHAJ: Jurnal Hukum Dan Pranata Sosial Islam, 6(1), 207–220. https://doi.org/10.37680/almanhaj.v6i1.5053
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