Homicide in Denmark 1992–2016

Family Homicide in Australia

Disclaimer: This research paper does not necessarily reflect the policy position of the Commonwealth Government. Adam Graycar Director The family is viewed by most people as providing a nurturing and loving environment. But for some, the family environment can be deadly. In Australia, almost two in five homicides occur between family members, with an average of 129 family homicides each year. T...

Firearms Homicide in Australia

Through its National Homicide Monitoring Program the Australian Institute of Criminology has analysed over 2000 Australian homicides which occurred in the last seven years. These 470 incidents involved 586 victims  24 per cent of all homicide victims. In 94 per cent of firearm incidents the offender was a male. The paper highlights that 35 per cent of all firearm homicides involved intimate pa...

Homicide adaptations

a r t i c l e i n f o We propose Homicide Adaptation Theory as a new explanation for why people kill. Multiple homicide mechanisms have evolved as effective context-sensitive solutions to distinct adaptive problems. Killing historically conferred large fitness benefits: preventing premature death, removing cost-inflicting rivals, gaining resources, aborting rivals' prenatal offspring, eliminati...

Appeals in Homicide Cases

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 ...