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What Factors Influence Whether Homicide Cases Are Solved? Insights From Qualitative Research With Detectives in Great Britain and the United States

Homicide Studies, 2018
A growing body of research examines factors that influence the likelihood of solving homicide cases. Much of this research emanates from North America and is based on quantitative analysis of police data.
F. Brookman, E. Maguire, M. Maguire
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Children and homicide

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2002
Child homicide is as old as human history. It can be classified into intra- and extra familial child homicide. Different forms of homicide are discussed, and research findings show that in the age group 0-3 years the majority of cases were within the family. After age 12 years, it is primarily extra familial.
Mohammed Morad, Joav Merrick
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5. Homicide

2014
This chapter discusses homicide in the criminal law, which can be divided into the following categories: murder, manslaughter, infanticide, and a number of specific offences concerned with causing death while driving—with the first two categories being by far the most important.
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Homicide Investigations in Context: Exploring Explanations for the Divergent Impacts of Victim Race, Gender, Elderly Victims, and Firearms on Homicide Clearances

Homicide Studies, 2018
Studies examining factors influencing homicide clearances have produced consistent findings for child victims, arguments, and incident location. Conclusions have been far more varied regarding the social location of the victim and incident attributes ...
Wendy C. Regoeczi   +2 more
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Homicide Followed by Suicide: A Comparison with Homicide and Suicide

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2010
Homicide-suicides are a rare yet very serious form of lethal violence which mainly occurs in partnerships and families. The extent to which homicide-suicide can be understood as being primarily a homicide or a suicide event, or rather a category of its own is examined. In total, 103 homicide-suicides were compared to 3,203 homicides and 17,751 suicides.
Liem, M.C.A., Nieuwbeerta, P.
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A Sadistic Homicide

The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 1989
Sadistic homicides are probably more common than would be expected from reading the literature, where only a few cases are mentioned. Most forensic pathologists and forensic psychiatrists have had experience with one or more cases, but they do not usually share their experience with their colleagues.
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Homicide in Australia 2012–13 to 2013–14: National Homicide Monitoring Program report

, 2017
In the 25th year of the National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP) data collection, this report describes the nature and context of homicides that occurred in financial years 2012–13 and 2013–14, and trends in homicide victimisation and offending since ...
Willow Bryant, S. Bricknell
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Homicide by fire [PDF]

open access: possibleZeitschrift f�r Rechtsmedizin, 1985
A study of homicide perpetrated by fire was performed on the case files of the Office of the Medical Examiner of Metropolitan Dade County in Miami, Florida, during the years from 1977 until 1984. A total of 26 cases were collected and analyzed as to age, race, sex, and the cause of death of the victim along with the blood alcohol content, the drugs ...
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Homicide by Starvation

The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 1992
Homicide by starvation is a very rare occurrence, especially when the victim is ambulant. This paper presents a case where the death of the individual went undiscovered for more than 3 weeks. A successful conviction for murder ensued. The paper also discusses social and pathological problems associated with this crime.
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Homicide by Poisoning

American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, 2013
By studying the number and method of homicidal poisoning in Miami-Dade County, Florida; New York City, NY; Oakland County, Michigan; and Sweden, we have confirmed that this is an infrequently established crime.Several difficulties come with the detection of homicidal poisonings.
Marianne Hamel   +6 more
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