Co-Offending im Rahmen vorsätzlicher Tötungsdelikte

The phenomenon of co-offending has been well researched since the beginning of the last century at the latest. It is known from existing studies that so-called co-offending occurs especially in the case of property offences and that juvenile offenders make up the largest proportion of offenders that act in concert. Due to these circumstances, research has focused on these main areas for a long time. There are fewer findings on the field of violent crimes, however, especially homicides. In the opinion of various authors, a cross-crime analysis in this respect makes little sense because the differences between the crimes are too great. This study examines the phenomenon of jointly committed intentional homicides (attempted or completed) and differentiates between offences committed by groups and pairs. The offences are considered in their entirety, which means that both the pre-offence phase and the offence and post-offence phases are the subject of the study. In this way, the study aims to contribute to a better understanding of jointly committed homicides.