Often when one omits to do a certain thing, one’s omission is due to one’s simply not having considered, or one’s having forgotten, to do that thing. When this is so, one does not intentionally omit to do that thing. But sometimes one intentionally omits to do something. For example, Ann was asked by Bob to pick him up at the airport at 2:30 am, after his arrival at 2:00. Feeling tired and know...

A foundational implementation of the WHO/CDC Injury Surveillance Guidelines was conducted in Dar es Salaam region of the United Republic of Tanzania in 2005. The Guidelines were adapted to gather qualitative as well as quantitative data about intentional injury mortality which were collected concurrently at the Muhimbili National Hospital Mortuary. An interview schedule of 12 quantitative varia...

As mediated death has become a staple of contemporary society, debates about the treatment in public domain abound. This article examines true crime comedy podcast My Favorite Murder, arguing that it functions to produce collaboratively ‘provocative morbid space’ which its hosts and audiences can engage contemplating, discussing, negotiating politics murder, victimhood, their surrounding inequa...

PSYCHOSOCIAL SEQUELAE OF HOMICIDE AMONG MURDER VICTIMS’ FAMILY MEMBERS: AN APPRAISAL OF DEPRESSION, GRIEF, AND POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS by Sarah L. Kopelovich Adviser: Professor L. Thomas Kucharski The current investigation explored what is known regarding the psychological sequelae of the post-homicide experience for murder victims’ family members and friends (MVFM). Participants were also asked a...