Victim Precipitated Criminal Homicide

Medical criminology notes "1. Victim-precipitated criminal homicide.

BRIEF REPORT Criminal Records of Homicide Offenders

HOMICIDE IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC health problem in the United States, with 17 638 victims in 2002. Programs to prevent homicide can be distinguished by whether they are addressed to the general public or are targeted toward individuals who are considered high risk because of their previous criminal involvement. For example, federal gun laws incorporate both approaches; there are general provisions,...

[Multiple homicide. Forensic medicine and criminal aspects].

36 human beings, of whom the youngest was one and a half years and the oldest 76 years old, fell victims to 16 multiple homicides each committed by one perpetrator. 7 of the homicides were committed outside the family and other lasting relationships. 9 homicides can be assigned to the group of "family tragedies". As far as the victims of the first group are concerned, the course of events in co...

5. the Criminal Justice Response to Homicide

Bringing the perpetrators of homicide to justice and preventing impunity for those responsible for lethal violence is a core responsibility of the State. Indeed, there is international recognition1 that the State is required to provide judicial protection with regard to fundamental rights, including the right to life. An effective criminal justice system that ensures rigorous investigation, tim...

Public Health and Criminal Justice Approaches to Homicide Research

Most criminologists acknowledge limited, but acceptable, uses for self-report survey techniques to measure common, non-serious offenses among youth. However, such techniques are likely to be challenged by critics for the study of serious violent crime. In fact, despite the availability of data on self-reports of violence in Monitoring the Future Surveys conducted for over a quarter of a century...