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Exposure to Genocide as a Risk Factor for Homicide Perpetration in Rwanda : A Population-Based Case-Control Study
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Rubanzana, Wilson (author)
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Hedt-Gauthier, Bethany L. (author)
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Ntaganira, Joseph (author)
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- Freeman, Michael D. (author)
- Umeå universitet,Rättsmedicin,Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA; Aarhus University, Denmark
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- 2015-12-16
- 2018
- English.
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In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence. - : Sage Publications. - 0886-2605 .- 1552-6518. ; 33:12, s. 1855-1870
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- A population-based case-control study was conducted to assess the relationship between genocide exposure and homicide perpetration in Rwanda. A sample of 150 homicide perpetrators who were charged with and confessed to having committed homicide between 1 May 2011 and 31 May 2013 and 450 controls were enrolled. Cases were matched to controls by neighborhood, age and sex. Socio-demographic, background and genocide-related information was collected from study subjects' next of kin. Four characteristics of genocide exposure were: genocide survivor, genocide perpetrator, having lost a first-degree relative to genocide and having a first-degree relative convicted of genocide. We assessed the impact of each genocide-exposure variable using conditional logistic regression. Of the 150 cases, 124 (82.7%) were male and 26 (17.3%) were female. The mean age of the alleged homicide perpetrators was 33 years, with a peak in the age group 20-29 years (39.3%). After adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics and past common criminal records, having a first-degree relative who had been convicted of genocide crimes was a significant predictor for homicide perpetration (odds ratio [OR] = 14.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.6-129.4). Being a genocide perpetrator, a genocide survivor and having lost a first-degree family member to genocide were not identified as risk factors for homicide perpetration. In Rwanda, young people who experienced early exposure to trauma by witnessing their first-degree relatives' active participation in the genocide, are more likely to commit homicide. Socio-economic and psychotherapeutic programs targeting this population group are needed to rehabilitate these young people for violent behavior change.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap -- Rättsmedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Other Medical and Health Sciences -- Forensic Science (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- murder
- manslaughter
- risk factors
- homicide perpetration
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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