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1. Patterns of Female Homicide Victimization in Western Europe

   Recent years witnessed an increase in attention to femicide, or the killing of women because of their gender. Prior empirical studies have drawn...

   Marieke Liem, Pauline Aarten, ... Simone Walser in International Criminology

   Article Open access 14 June 2024
   

2. The epidemiology of homicide among older adults: retrospective analysis using data from the Victorian Homicide Register

   Older adult homicide is unique and under-researched, requiring immediate attention due to the rapidly ageing population. The current study aims to...

   Briohny Kennedy, Joseph Ibrahim, ... Lyndal Bugeja in International Journal of Legal Medicine

   Article Open access 29 May 2023
   

3. Rape or Homicide: Which Is Worse?

   Some people believe rape is just as serious as homicide, or more serious, contrary to law. We examined the prevalence of this belief and whether it...

   Richard B. Felson, Eric Silver in Archives of Sexual Behavior

   Article 24 January 2024
   

4. Intrafamilial Child Homicide: an Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews

   Purpose

   Systematic reviews on child homicide have proliferated recently, making it hard to keep up with their output. Using an umbrella review...

   Bitna Kim, Alida V. Merlo, Yeonghee Kim in Journal of Family Violence

   Article 26 April 2023
   

5. State-Level Firearm Laws and Firearm Homicide in US Cities: Heterogenous Associations by City Characteristics

   Despite well-studied associations of state firearm laws with lower state- and county-level firearm homicide, there is a shortage of studies...

   Byoungjun Kim, Lorna E. Thorpe, ... Ellicott C. Matthay in Journal of Urban Health

   Article 27 March 2024
   

6. Professional Support for Children Bereaved by Domestic Homicide in the UK

   Purpose

   Children bereaved by domestic homicide face unique challenges that are likely to require professional interventions. In this study, the...

   Alice Gomersall, Eva Alisic, ... Emma Howarth in Journal of Family Violence

   Article 08 June 2024

7. Racial Inequality in Firearm Homicide Victimization—but not Other Types of US Violence

   Research Question

   Is violent crime victimization among US minority groups higher than for White Americans in general, or is there a distinct failure...

   Alex R. Piquero in Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing

   Article Open access 20 December 2023
   

8. Spatiotemporal patterns of homicide rates in Tehran metropolitan area, Iran

   The aim of this study was to detect significant temporal, spatial, and space–time patterns in homicide incidents in Tehran, Iran. Tehran is one of...

   Alireza Mohammadi in Spatial Information Research

   Article 01 February 2023
   

9. Can Homicide Serve as an Indicator of Non-lethal Crime? A Systematic Literature Review

   Homicide rates are often used as an indicator of levels of crime. The reasons for this are both practical and conceptual. Practically speaking,...

   Jolien A. van Breen, Sri Kruthi Devarakonda, Marieke Liem in International Criminology

   Article Open access 05 April 2023
   

10. Homicide-Suicide in Italy Between 2009-2018: An Epidemiological Update and Time Series Analysis

    Homicide–suicide is an event in which an individual murders one or more persons and then takes his/her own life. The present study aimed to assess...

    Marco Colasanti, Eleonora Ricci, ... Paolo Roma in European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

    Article Open access 31 May 2023
    

11. Female Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Homicide

    Female perpetrators of intimate partner or spousal homicide are a significant and under-recognized issue. The fact that women are much less likely...

    Alexandra Lysova in Perceptions of Female Offenders, Vol. 2

    Chapter 2023
    

12. The Relationship between Concealed Carry Licenses and Firearm Homicide in the US: A Reciprocal County-Level Analysis

    This study investigates the reciprocal county-level relationship between the number of concealed carry weapon (CCW) licenses issued and homicides...

    Richard Stansfield, Daniel Semenza, Ian Silver in Journal of Urban Health

    Article 31 July 2023
    

13. Crime Scene and Victim Characteristics in Sexual Homicide Cases Where the Body is Openly Displayed

    Research on body disposal methods in cases of sexual homicide primarily focused on the movement of the victim’s body from the crime scene to the dump...

    Hana Georgoulis, Eric Beauregard, Julien Chopin in Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

    Article 11 September 2023

14. Multiple nail gun injuries: suicide or homicide?

    Nail gun injuries are a forensic problem; it can be difficult to distinguish self-inflicted injuries from accident and homicide instances. This kind...

    Mariagrazia Calvano, Alessandro Cristalli, ... Francesco Introna in International Journal of Legal Medicine

    Article 29 September 2023
    

15. Extremes of Violence in Serial Homicide

    Violence in serial homicide is a complex and dynamic part of an offender’s behavior. This chapter explores how aggressive and violent behavior is a...

    Meghann Sutton, Natasha Press, ... David Adam Keatley in Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence

    Reference work entry 2023
    

16. Invisible Victims: Exploring Gendered Trends in Youth Intimate Partner Homicide

    Intimate partner homicide (IPH) constitutes the most extreme form of intimate partner violence. While this violent crime affects many of women all...

    Shilan Caman, Sara Skott in European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

    Article Open access 04 June 2024
    

17. Addressing Data Gaps: Implications for Preventing Domestic Homicide

    Purpose

    Over a ten-year period (2010–2019), there were 815 victims of intimate partner/domestic homicide (IP/DH) in Canada. Definitions of IP/DH not...

    Crystal J. Giesbrecht, Myrna Dawson, ... Anuradha Dugal in Journal of Family Violence

    Article 29 March 2023

18. Exploring the Risk of Resulting in Homicide and Suicide in Spanish Missing Person Cases

    The study explores in depth the relationship between missing persons’ psychosocial and criminological characteristics/circumstances and violent-fatal...

    Néstor García-Barceló, Miguel Ángel Alcázar Córcoles, ... José Luis González Álvarez in European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

    Article Open access 13 March 2023

19. Associations between Gun Ownership and Firearm Homicide Rates in US States

    The United States combine high rates of firearm homicides with high gun prevalence. In the past, a significant positive association was found between...

    Konstantinos Christopoulos in Journal of Urban Health

    Article Open access 29 June 2023
    

20. Using machine learning to forecast domestic homicide via police data and super learning

    We explore the feasibility of using machine learning on a police dataset to forecast domestic homicides. Existing forecasting instruments based on...

    Jacob Verrey, Barak Ariel, ... Luke Dillon in Scientific Reports

    Article Open access 21 December 2023