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ASSASSINS AND MURDERERS - A COMPARISON

NCJ Number
34742
Journal
Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform Volume: 59 Issue: 1 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1976) Pages: 2-17
Author(s)
R MINDT
Date Published
1976
Length
16 pages
Annotation
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF DATA ON 215 POLITICAL ASSASSINS OVER THE LAST TWO CENTURIES TO DETERMINE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL CLASS, EDUCATION, MOBILITY, CRIMINAL RECORD, SUCCESS OF OFFENSE, AND FATE OF OFFENDER.
Abstract
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUP OFFENDERS WERE DISTINGUISHED FROM THOSE OF INDIVIDUAL OFFENDERS WHO SHOW SIMILAR TRAITS WITH A COMPARED GROUP OF ORDINARY VIOLENT OFFENDERS. --IN GERMAN. SUMMARY IN ENGLISH