TY - JOUR
T1 - Infant and adult homicide
T2 - Incompatibility of predictive models
AU - Rodriguez, S. Fernando
AU - Smithey, Martha
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The utility of demographic and structural variables in examining child fatalities is explored using data from the Uniform Crime Reports, which include all known homicide cases in the state of Texas from 1984 through 1994. The authors' analysis shows that the predictive power of these variables for adult homicide is substantially reduced when predicting child homicide. Social Exchange Theory provides a conceptual framework from which to analyze these types of cases by suggesting conditions under which infants may be lethally injured, usually by a parent or caretaker. This inclination is examined, explained, justified, and treated primarily according to physiological and psychological correlates.
AB - The utility of demographic and structural variables in examining child fatalities is explored using data from the Uniform Crime Reports, which include all known homicide cases in the state of Texas from 1984 through 1994. The authors' analysis shows that the predictive power of these variables for adult homicide is substantially reduced when predicting child homicide. Social Exchange Theory provides a conceptual framework from which to analyze these types of cases by suggesting conditions under which infants may be lethally injured, usually by a parent or caretaker. This inclination is examined, explained, justified, and treated primarily according to physiological and psychological correlates.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=21244505535&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1088767999003002004
DO - 10.1177/1088767999003002004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:21244505535
VL - 3
SP - 170
EP - 184
JO - Homicide Studies
JF - Homicide Studies
SN - 1088-7679
IS - 2
ER -