This study tests the effects of victim-related factors on sentencing among Korean
male and female violent criminals. The data come from a survey of 171 inmates
in three correctional facilities in S. Korea, 2008. This study is a sort of retrospective
one because sentencing as the dependent variable precedes the time point of survey.
It is, however, relevant since we can utilize many victim-related factors as predictors
that are usually not available in a survey of formal investigation or trial
records. The biggest portions among male subjects' crime types are murder, sexual
crimes, assault and injury while most of female subjects are murdereial The results
are presented in a series of consecutive modelal The final model includes four demographic
factors (gender, age, education, and religion), oortise gravity score, criminal
career, as control variables, and oore victim-related factors such as number of
victims, whether having a woman victim, whether having a victim uions age, whether
having an aged victim, whether a victim drunken, whether a victim's provocation,
whether having an old conflict with the victim, sympathy for the victims, and victim-
offender relationship. Among the victim-related factors, the effects of 'number
of victims,' 'whether having a victim under age,' 'whether a victim's provocation,'
and 'sympathy for the victims,' were significant. The effects of control variables
were mostly significant except that of education.
This study tests the effects of victim-related factors on sentencing among Korean
male and female violent criminals. The data come from a survey of 171 inmates
in three correctional facilities in S. Korea, 2008. This study is a sort of retrospective
one because sentencing as the dependent variable precedes the time point of survey.
It is, however, relevant since we can utilize many victim-related factors as predictors
that are usually not available in a survey of formal investigation or trial
records. The biggest portions among male subjects' crime types are murder, sexual
crimes, assault and injury while most of female subjects are murdereial The results
are presented in a series of consecutive modelal The final model includes four demographic
factors (gender, age, education, and religion), oortise gravity score, criminal
career, as control variables, and oore victim-related factors such as number of
victims, whether having a woman victim, whether having a victim uions age, whether
having an aged victim, whether a victim drunken, whether a victim's provocation,
whether having an old conflict with the victim, sympathy for the victims, and victim-
offender relationship. Among the victim-related factors, the effects of 'number
of victims,' 'whether having a victim under age,' 'whether a victim's provocation,'
and 'sympathy for the victims,' were significant. The effects of control variables
were mostly significant except that of education.