Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of newspaper articles and codes
| Source (number of articles collected) | Themes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A motivated offender (n) | A suitable target (n) | Absence of a capable guardian (n) | |
| The Times of India (13) | 1 | 2 | - |
| The Hindu (12) | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Hindustan Times (7) | - | 4 | 2 |
| Scroll.in (5) | - | 1 | - |
| The Economic Times (5) | - | - | - |
| The New India Express (5) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| The Indian Express (3) | - | 1 | - |
| The Diplomat (2) | 1 | - | - |
| Al Jazeera (2) | - | 1 | - |
| Deccan Herald (1) | 2 | - | 1 |
| News18 (1) | - | 1 | - |
| The Wire (1) | - | 1 | - |
| BBC News (1) | - | 1 | 1 |
| Times Now (1) | - | - | 1 |
n, number of codes