Age, Poverty, Homicide, and Gun Homicide

Capital punishment, gun control, and personal violence (suicide and homicide).

Aggregate-level lead exposure, gun violence, homicide, and rape

CONTEXT An increasing body of research has linked the geographic distribution of lead with various indicators of criminal and antisocial behavior. OBJECTIVE The current study, using data from an ongoing project related to lead exposure in St. Louis City, MO, analyzed the association between aggregate blood lead levels and specific indicators violent crime within the city. DESIGN Ecological ...

Domestic homicide and homicide-suicide: the older offender.

The importance of clarifying the features characteristic of older homicide offenders is highlighted by recent research that indicates an increase in rates of homicides followed by suicides of older perpetrators. In a retrospective study of data from coroners' files on domestic homicides involving individuals killed by an older spouse or family member (65+ years of age) over a 15-year period in ...

Age Effects on Juvenile Homicide Perpetration

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Does Age or Poverty Level Best Predict Criminal Arrest and Homicide Rates? A Preliminary Investigation

High criminal arrest and homicide mortality levels among young people are often attributed to biological and developmental flaws innate to adolescence. A special data run by the California Criminal Justice Statistics Center detailing arrests by offense, age, and race/ethnicity for 2006 provides new opportunities to examine the relationship between demographic and socioeconomic factors and crime...