Forensic science research intended to standardize the distinction of the worst criminal behavior, specifically the Depravity Scale, has been the topic of academic and public discussion in the Journal and elsewhere. Some early impressions have been published without substantive attention to the goals of this research and the application of the results. In a recent article in the Journal, for exa...

Homicide is a relatively infrequent event in Australia, and homicides followed by the suicide of the perpetrator occur about twenty times each year. Analyses of these cases, however, can be instructive. This Trends and Issues paper shows that most murder-suicides in Australia occur in the context of intimate and/or family relationships, and are more likely to involve firearms than are other cat...

This study investigated gender differences regarding young people charged with murder in England and Wales. A sample of 318 cases was collected from the Home Office's Homicide Index and analysed. Of these cases, 93% of the offenders were male and 7% female. The analyses explored gender differences in terms of the offender's race, offender's age, victim's age, victim's gender, weapon used, offen...

the opinion of islamic jurists are different on the subject off inheritance of diya'(blood money). on the other hand, the matter of inheritance of diya' has important legal effects from the viewpoint of tort law and general theory of obligations. these are the main questions: who are the heirs of diya'? does homicide by error, like murder, is an impediment to inheritance of diya&...

Two hundred thirteen males charged with mur4er and who received pretrial psychiatric evaluations were divided into two groups of domestic and nondomestic homicide defendants. Demographics, developmental and family background, prior criminal records, victim characteristics, and psychiatric status at the time of the crime were used to compare these groups. Those who were charged with intrafamilia...

conclusions it seems that prevention of collective quarrel and control on anger could be helpful to decrease the murder rate in society. results in the end, five main contents were found: collective quarrel, honor killing, emotional dissatisfaction, lack of control on anger, and burglary. patients and methods it is a qualitative research making use of content analysis, conducting on 17 male imp...

"You are invited to the Bauer mansion for dinner and to help solve a murder." Invitations like this one have been sent out by the millions, inviting friends and family to a multiplayer murder mystery party, often from the best-selling "How to Host a Murder" series of games. At these parties the players gather at a friend's house for dinner imagining it to be a mansion in the 1930's. The party g...

background: the murder is a huge human crime that in order to legislation of different laws for preventing from occurring this kind of crime (murder). anyway it occurs in all societies and it has some motivations to occur, for example economic problems, taste, madness, uncommon sexual treats, asperity, invective and insult and even love. this study has done for determining the different ways an...

Suicide or ' self-murder ' is regarded by the law as murder, a murder committed by a person on himself or herself (felo-de-se or felony committed on one's self). The verdict usually given by the coroner and other competent authorities in such cases is ' Death is due to suicide, whilst temporarily insane'. This expression is regarded as a charitable addition to relieve the suicide and his family...