Muskaan Multani
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Research Mentor(s): Albert Hawks Jr
Co-Presenter: Gomes ,
Research Mentor School/College/Department: Sociology / LSA
Presentation Date: April 20
Presentation Type: Poster
Session: Session 1 – 10am – 10:50am
Room: League Ballroom
Authors: Morgan Gomes, Muskaan Multani
Presenter: 6
Abstract
Despite the established legislation and judicial system in the United States with the purpose of protecting citizens from harm, there is no lack of violent crimes in this country, specifically homicides. Among these crimes, their perpetrators, and chances of resolution, exist many patterns this project aims to uncover and understand. Therefore, via the gathering and analysis of demographic and structural variables through data analysis programs like STATA, the research project seeks to discover the sociological trends/influences on serial homicide and what factors contribute to homicides remaining unsolved. As a result, the team is split up into two focused groups: the Cold Case team as well as the Serial Homicide and Path Dependency team. The Cold Case project investigates correlations between unsolved homicides and a range of census data like race, poverty, and education levels. The Path Dependency project takes more of a qualitative approach by deep-diving into the lives and methods of United States serial killers, coding numerous variables from childhood anomie strain to precipitating events in order to investigate the larger trends and relationships among these variables. The findings of both teams that make up The SHoP are of great interest to the general public as this knowledge base could further public safety procedures in the realm of violent crime. In addition, this information could be utilized to identify weak areas in the current functioning of police departments whether in their abilities to solve homicide cases or in understanding the patterns of serial killers in order to apprehend them before their damages continue. In the best interest of protecting citizens from being victimized and offenders from evading prosecution, this knowledge has practical, social, and legal implications that would serve to develop and reform faulty aspects of the current law enforcement sector.
Social Sciences
