Crime Classification Manual Part I Chapter 4 21
Crime Classification Manual Part I Chapter 4 21
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STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES
SECOND
EDITION
John E. Douglas,
Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess, and Robert K. Ressler, Editors
In addition, the Depravity Standard items
were developed in such a way as to apply with equal relevance to murder as to
robbery or other crimes. “Intent to maximize damage,” for example, is as
applicable to the planting of a computer virus as it is to a mass casualty
terror plot. Moreover, items were worded in order to ensure the instrument
would be blind to race, religion, politics, or socioeconomic status. At the
same time, “intent to terrorize” works with deļ¬ned terrorism, something many
societies refuse to do for fear of self-incrimination.
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