Violence Toward Judicial Officials

Bibliographic Data

ID9748383
AuthorsFrederick S Calhoun (0000-0003-0605-0212, University of Chicago, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume576
Issue1
Pages54-68
Publication date2001-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716201576001005
OpenAlexW2278100811, W2021819458
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

This article explores several unique aspects that distinguish judicial officials from other public figures targeted for violence. Assaults and threats against judicial officials derive from the officials' role in the judicial system. They tend to have multiple victims, be motivated out of anger or disappointment over a particular court case, and--because of the court case--involve an interpersonal relationship between target and assailant. The article also argues for the necessity of researching both attackers and nonattackers in order to compare the similarities and differences between them, for example, the method by which attackers and nonattackers choose to communicate with or contact their targets. The article concludes with a call for more research on local judicial jurisdictions. This promises the largest laboratory for understanding violence toward judicial officials

Anger · Business · Criminal justice · Criminology · Disappointment · Economic Justice · Judicial activism · Judicial review · Medical emergency · Order (exchange · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Law · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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