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Arson-associated homicide in Australia: a five year follow-up [PDF]
, 2015 Over the period 1989 to 2010, there were 123 incidents of arson-associated homicide, involving 170 unique victims and 131 offenders. Foreword Arson homicides are rare, representing only two percent of all homicides in Australia each year. In this study,
Ferguson, Claire +11 more
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, 2015 No generally accepted method exists for quantifying the degree of injury in homicide victims. This study explores six different injury severity scores with the goal to recommend a valid method that is reliable and easy to use.
Logan, Fia Klötz, +2 more
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Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari +5 more
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Social Sciences and Humanities OpenOne way to value the social cost of homicide is through potential years of life lost—a summary measure of premature mortality. Indeed, estimates indicate that Americans lose more than one million years of their lives to homicide in any given year.
Gregory M. Zimmerman +2 more
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Child Homicide Amounting to Murder in Malaysia: Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics and Causes
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 ObjectiveTo describe the child homicide rates and examine the circumstances of homicides of children in Malaysia from January 2010 to June 2021.MethodsThis is a retrospective secondary analysis of police records on child homicides in Malaysia. Background
Salmi Razali +4 more
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Domestic family homicide in Australia [PDF]
, 2015 Updates Mouzos and Rushforth’s (2003) findings describing characteristics of domestic/family homicides in Australia from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2012. Introduction In 2003, the Australian Institute of Criminology published a report that drew attention ...
Willow Bryant, Tracy Cussen
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with ...
Danielle Bozin +5 more
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Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2013 We report the rare case of a patient with intractable epilepsy and escalating aggression, resulting in murder, who had complete resolution of her seizures and explosive behavior following a right temporal lobectomy.We searched the available literature from 1880 to 2013 for cases of epilepsy being used as a court defense for murder and collected ...
Pandya, Naushira +3 more
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Defensive homicide: proposals for legislative reform - consultation paper [PDF]
, 2013 This consultation paper contains a detailed analysis of the operation of defensive homicide. This includes an examination of the 28 defensive homicide convictions since the introduction of the offence, three of which involved a female accused.The paper ...
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