Abstract
Objectives: The present study aimed to reveal the socio-demographic and mechanical profiles of Malaysian male murderers. Methodology: An observational cross-sectional methodology was applied using guided self-administered survey among Malaysian male murderers. The present study significantly differs from other studies as the information on murder was obtained from the respective murderer rather than from autopsy reports, official statistics, newspapers, or legal reports. 71 male murderers from 11 Malaysian prisons participated in this study on a voluntary basis. The murderers were queried on various mechanical variables of murder including: motives, methods of killing, weapon usage, targeted body parts, murder settings, murder concealment, relationship with victims, precipitating factors and socio-demographic variables. Results: The emerged profiles were discussed in relation to murder, criminology and victimology contexts. In addition, the Malaysian male murderers profiles were compared with murder profiles from outside of Malaysia. Conclusion: The present study achieved the aim by documenting the socio-demographic and mechanical profiles of male murderers which may be beneficial to scholars, the public and enforcement officials.
Highlights
Murder is an unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought
In response to the World Health Organisation and United Nation’s monitoring of health and crime trends, there is a need to investigate the sociodemographic and mechanical profiles of Malaysian murderers since modes of killing vary corresponding to the history and the cultural background of a country[2,3,4]
The sample in the present research consisted of male murderers who were charged for murder
Summary
Murder is an unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. It is the serious of all common-law crimes and ranked as the most heinous crime of all crimes monitored in the Crime Index[1]. In response to the World Health Organisation and United Nation’s monitoring of health and crime trends, there is a need to investigate the sociodemographic and mechanical profiles of Malaysian murderers since modes of killing vary corresponding to the history and the cultural background of a country[2,3,4]. Despite Malaysia’s status as one of the Asian country, there is almost no literature available on murder. There is an urgent need to perpetuate empirical studies in order to advance the understanding of the Malaysian murderers’ profiles
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