Business Law

Annotated Bibliography 5

Adler, F., Mueller, G. O. W. and Laufer, W. S. (2004). Criminology and the criminal

justice system, (6th ed.). New York, New York: McGraw Hill.

This is a required textbook from Theories of Criminology, an undergraduate course. During the class I found this textbook to be very informational with regards to the subject matter discussed. Some topics in the textbook include the Schools of Thought throughout History, Explanations of Crime and Criminal Behavior and Strain and Cultural Deviance Theories. I thought it could aid my understanding of the topic of victim precipitated murder. I was hoping for a more elaborate discussion on the topic, but found that there was a mere mention of victim precipitated murder. While I believe that this source has a great amount of potential as a reference for other topic, it was not a very extensive source for the topic of victim precipitated murder.

Aquino, K. and Byron, K., (2002). Dominating interpersonal behavior and perceived

victimization in groups: Evidence for a curvilinear relationship. Journal of Management, 28(1), 69-87.

From reading the abstract of this source I was hoping to find information about the type of personality that could possibly provoke a victim precipitated homicide. The context, workgroups, doesn’t entirely fit into the topic, but the information provide can be related back to victim precipitated homicide. The authors did a great job of supporting their theories with reliable research and sources. While I only utilized a small portion of the source, the information helped to confirm and reinforce another source I used. I believe that this article would be of sound use to someone writing a paper discussing the psychology of how people interact with one another in a group setting.

Baker, H., (2008). Constructing women who experience male violence: Criminal legal discourse and individual experiences. Liverpool Law Review, 29, 123-142.

I also chose to include this article in the concept paper because it contained collaborative information verifying another chosen source. The article contains information about the domestic context of victim precipitated murder, which is a highly researched subject. The article mainly discusses sexual assault as opposed to actual homicide, but also offers a psychological profile of how women construct themselves in accordance with society and personal experiences. The article as a whole is very reliable in regards to a women’s perspective on the subject of male violence. Therefore, I do have to make the conclusion that I believe the article to biased in the respect that it is difficult to take an unbiased position on a subject that is itself gender bias.

Cowan, G. (2000). Beliefs about the cause of four types of rape. Sex Roles, 42, 807-823.

Foote, W. E. (1999).Victim precipitated homicide. In H. V. Hall (Ed.), Lethal Violence: A Sourcebook on Fatal Domestic, Acquaintance and Stranger Violence (pp. 175-202). Boca Raton, Fl: CRC Press.

This source is a sourcebook discussing research associated with domestic, aquanitance and stranger violence. Of all of the resources utilized in the development of this paper, I believe that this source is the most informative and reliable. The author did a great job of introducing the topic from its conception and following though in a concise and understandable format. Foote also offered his own evaluation and theories on the subject of victim precipitated murder, as opposed to simply citing past research and allowing the reader to conclude what they wish. The author takes hold of the subject and evaluates the issues at face value. I would highly recommend anyone researching any of the aforementioned topics utilize this resource to its fullest.

Gellert, G. A., (1997). Confronting violence. Oxford, UK: Westview Press.

I chose not to include any of the information presented in this source. Victim precipitation is not specifically mentioned, even though the topics presented in the text could be relevant to the discussion. The topics discussed physical and emotional abuse of children, spouse abuse and domestic and intimate violence against women and murder and homicide—ever more random. The subtopics aren’t organized in a fashion to my liking. The book is intended for the general public and professionals and would be a good quick reference to the topics included.

Hannon, L., (2004). Race, victim precipitated homicide and the subculture of violence thesis. The Social Science Journal, 41, 115-121.

This is an excellent source to be used when composing a paper related specifically to victim precipitated homicide and how it relates to African Americans. The article contains an analysis of actual research conducted with past studies used as support. While the researcher’s findings were found not to support his original hypothesis, this is still an important step in the research process as a whole. His research of past studies also collaborates Foote’s research which is why I found it important to include in my concept paper. The author did an excellent job of explaining his processes and reiterating his findings.

Torry, W. I. (2001). Social change, crime and culture: The defense of provocation. Crime, Law and Social Change, 36, 309-325.

This article basically discusses the relationship between victim precipitated murder and it justification in the eyes of the legal system. The author discusses the control theory and the outrage theory and explains their implementation with regards to the judiciary system. This article provided a different perspective on the topic of victim precipitated murder than the other literature I had looked at. The main points focused on anger as the cause of the victim precipitated homicide as opposed to other circumstances. This article is a great reference for anyone writing a paper related to how perspectives have changed in regards to judicial rulings relevant provocation.

Van Wormer, K., (2007) Why so many murder-suicides?. USA Today, 135(2742), 62-65.

This is a short article that appeared in USA Today. This source basically reinforced a statement relating to suicide by cop, an issue also presented by Foote. The article discusses murder-suicides, victim precipitated murder and suicide bombers. This source has some relevant citation to statistics, but as a whole is deficient of any solid evidence relevant to the discussion of victim precipitated murder.