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...

We hypothesized that the integration of forensic psychiatrists and the forensic system into the general stream of mental health should lead to better reintegration of forensic patients into the society. The aims of the study were to explore the link between violence, murder, psychiatric disorders and other variables, and to suggest a mode of prevention of criminal recidivism. This investigation...

Mass murder is the result of the complex interaction of several factors. What seems ubiquitous within mass murder are extreme feelings of anger and revenge. Yet despite these intense affective states, mass murders are, as a rule, not behaviorally impulsive, but rather prepared. The presence of extreme hate and anger evokes an impulsive outburst of rage, whereas planning and premeditation point ...

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&...

a Criminal Justice Bill. Sir Hartley Shawcross Attorney-General, moved that the House should disagree with the Lords' amendment to delete Clause I (suspension of the death penalty for murder). He urged the merits of the Government's proposal to recognize two categories of murder?the capital and non-capital. He thought that juries would have no difficulty in deciding whether a murder came into o...