An Interdisciplinary Multi-Method Approach to the Study of Active Violent Offenders

研究主动暴力犯罪者的跨学科多方法方法

• 批准号: 0520092
• 负责人: Volkan Topalli
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-10-01 至 2010-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0520092&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Interdisciplinary; Multi; Method; Approach; Study

Currently situational and dispositional influences on criminal decision-making are not well-understood. Partially, this is because there has not been enough interdisciplinary study of criminals (particularly among sociologists and psychologists). Also, there has been an overuse of incarcerated offenders in much research with less attention paid to noninstitutionalized offenders (i.e., free on the street and currently offending). Such individuals may account for a large proportion of reported and unreported crime (particularly when they victimize other offenders). This 2-year project seeks to collect detailed qualitative and quantitative data on active, noninstitutionalized street offenders (drug dealers, street robbers, carjackers) from the streets of Atlanta GA to better understand their decision-making proclivities and psychological characteristics. First, participants (including active offenders, demographic controls, and college student controls) will engage in extensive, one-on-one interviews focusing on street crime, violence, and street culture. Subsequently, they will complete a battery of standardized questionnaires to provide a systematic understanding of offender criminal attitudes, subcultural beliefs, and offending propensities. The project will collect data on a group of individuals we know very little about, allowing us to link individual level factors with sociological, cultural, and contextual dynamics to help us understand criminal decision-making and behavior in the context of the urban street culture.

目前，情境和气质对犯罪决策的影响还没有得到很好的理解。部分原因是对罪犯的跨学科研究不够（特别是社会学家和心理学家）。此外，在许多研究中过度使用了被监禁的罪犯，而对非制度化的罪犯（即，在街上自由，目前正在犯罪）。这类人可能在已报告和未报告的犯罪中占很大比例（特别是当他们使其他罪犯受害时）。这个为期2年的项目旨在收集详细的定性和定量数据的积极，非制度化的街头罪犯（毒贩，街头抢劫犯，劫车者）从亚特兰大GA的街道，以更好地了解他们的决策倾向和心理特征。首先，参与者（包括活跃的罪犯，人口控制和大学生控制）将参与广泛的，一对一的采访，重点是街头犯罪，暴力和街头文化。随后，他们将完成一系列标准化问卷，以系统地了解罪犯的犯罪态度、亚文化信仰和犯罪倾向。该项目将收集一组我们知之甚少的个人数据，使我们能够将个人层面的因素与社会学，文化和背景动态联系起来，以帮助我们了解城市街头文化背景下的犯罪决策和行为。