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From a Single Punch to Weapon Use: An Event Typology of Public Place Violence

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From a Single Punch to Weapon Use: An Event Typology of Public Place Violence. / Friis, Camilla Bank; Moller, Kim; Ejbye-Ernst, Peter et al.
In: European Journal of Criminology, 14.08.2025.

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Harvard

Friis, CB, Moller, K, Ejbye-Ernst, P, Philpot, R, Heinskou, MB, Lindegaard, MR & Liebst, L 2025, 'From a Single Punch to Weapon Use: An Event Typology of Public Place Violence', European Journal of Criminology.

APA

Friis, C. B., Moller, K., Ejbye-Ernst, P., Philpot, R., Heinskou, M. B., Lindegaard, M. R., & Liebst, L. (in press). From a Single Punch to Weapon Use: An Event Typology of Public Place Violence. European Journal of Criminology.

Vancouver

Friis CB, Moller K, Ejbye-Ernst P, Philpot R, Heinskou MB, Lindegaard MR et al. From a Single Punch to Weapon Use: An Event Typology of Public Place Violence. European Journal of Criminology. 2025 Aug 14.

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Friis, Camilla Bank ; Moller, Kim ; Ejbye-Ernst, Peter et al. / From a Single Punch to Weapon Use : An Event Typology of Public Place Violence. In: European Journal of Criminology. 2025.

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abstract = "Public place violence has been linked to the night-time economy and alcohol intoxicated male strangers, but it remains understudied whether other types of violence are also found in public settings. In addressing this gap, we apply latent class analysis to develop an inductive event typology of public place violence. We analyze a sample of 500 police reported public assaults from Copenhagen, Denmark, which have been systematically coded for a range of situational and individual properties. Five event-types of public violence are identified—in addition to the well-known night-time economy related type, we found classes characterized by excessively violent behaviors; revenge among familiar persons; weapon use and severe victim injuries; and disrespect encounters in everyday contexts. We consider how our findings may evaluate the generalizability of key micro-interactional theories of violence, and discuss the implications of our typology for crime prevention.",
author = "Friis, {Camilla Bank} and Kim Moller and Peter Ejbye-Ernst and Richard Philpot and Heinskou, {Marie Bruvik} and Lindegaard, {Marie Rosenkrantz} and Lasse Liebst",
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RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - From a Single Punch to Weapon Use

T2 - An Event Typology of Public Place Violence

AU - Friis, Camilla Bank

AU - Moller, Kim

AU - Ejbye-Ernst, Peter

AU - Philpot, Richard

AU - Heinskou, Marie Bruvik

AU - Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz

AU - Liebst, Lasse

PY - 2025/8/14

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AB - Public place violence has been linked to the night-time economy and alcohol intoxicated male strangers, but it remains understudied whether other types of violence are also found in public settings. In addressing this gap, we apply latent class analysis to develop an inductive event typology of public place violence. We analyze a sample of 500 police reported public assaults from Copenhagen, Denmark, which have been systematically coded for a range of situational and individual properties. Five event-types of public violence are identified—in addition to the well-known night-time economy related type, we found classes characterized by excessively violent behaviors; revenge among familiar persons; weapon use and severe victim injuries; and disrespect encounters in everyday contexts. We consider how our findings may evaluate the generalizability of key micro-interactional theories of violence, and discuss the implications of our typology for crime prevention.

M3 - Journal article

JO - European Journal of Criminology

JF - European Journal of Criminology

SN - 1477-3708

ER -