MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF SUBSTANCE-RELATED HOMICIDE

第一个奖项建议是对药物的二级数据分析- 杀人犯之间的杀人关系(S)。这个 这项研究的现有数据集是自报DREIM(药物 谋杀中的关系)采访数据和官方政府记录， EOC(紧急或危机)和CCH(计算机化犯罪历史)。这个 两份官方报告将主要用于获取额外数据，这些数据 无法从DREIM面谈中获得(例如，判刑 信息)，并检查有关罪犯的信息的有效性 历史。研究样本由268名凶杀犯组成，他们 为DREIM项目进行了成功的面试。两人都被判有罪 并因犯有罪行而被监禁在纽约州的惩教所 1984年谋杀(S)。 吸毒/酗酒和犯罪/暴力都是许多国家日益严重的问题。 美国的城市。执法专家预测，毒品扩散 是90年代S执法面临的最关键问题。 人们通常认为，从事一种类型的越轨行为 预示着参与了其他类型的越轨行为。的主要目的是 这项拟议的研究是为了加强对毒品/酒精相关的了解 杀人罪，通过比较物质相关的杀人罪和非物质的杀人罪- 使用多变量分析的相关凶杀案。(大多数以前的研究 仅使用描述性分析。)的直接和间接影响 社会/人口因素与罪犯的越轨生活史 (即吸毒、犯罪、暴力行为、毒品/酒精治疗 关于凶杀案的经验)将被审查。这项提议的另一个目的 研究的目的是找出(与毒品/犯罪/凶杀有关的) 不同的子组，并考虑可能解决的策略/计划 这样的问题。发现问题是预防的第一步 和问题的解决。建议中使用的主要变量 研究内容包括社会/人口背景、吸毒史(包括 治疗经历)、犯罪史和暴力行为(包括 凶杀案)。与定量分析一起，定性方法将 也被用来描述罪犯对凶杀案的描述 以及他/她的生活史。

This FIRST award proposal is for a secondary data analysis of drug- homicide relationships among offenders who committed homicide(s). The existing data sets for the study are self-report DREIM (Drug Relationships in Murder) interview data and official government records, EOC (Emergency Or Crisis) and CCH (Computerized Criminal History). the two official reports will be used mainly to obtain additional data which were not available from the DREIM interview (e.g., sentencing information) and to check the validity of information about criminal history. The study sample is composed of the 268 homicide offenders who were successfully interviewed for the DREIM project. Each was convicted and incarcerated in a New York State correctional facility for committing murder(s) in 1984. Both drug/alcohol use and crime/violence are growing problems in many American cities. Law enforcement experts predict that drug proliferation is the most critical problem law enforcement will face in the 1990's. It is generally assumed that engaging in one type of deviance is predictive of participation in other types of deviance. The main aim of this proposed study is to enhance understanding of drug/alcohol-related homicide, by comparing substance-related homicide with non-substance- related homicide using multivariate analyses. (Most previous studies utilized only descriptive analyses.) The direct and indirect impacts of socio/demographic factors and the offenders' deviant life histories (i.e., drug use, criminality, violent behavior, drug/alcohol treatment experiences) on homicide will be examined. Another aim of this proposed study is to identify problems (related to drug/crime/homicide) among the different subgroups, and consider policies/programs that might address such problems. Identifying problems is the first step towards prevention and resolution of the problems. The main variables used in this proposed study are socio/demographic background, drug use history (including treatment experiences), criminal history, and violent behavior (including homicide). Along with quantitative analyses, a qualitative method will also be employed for describing the offender's narration of the homicide and his/her life history.