"The Handbook of Homicide presents a series of original essays by renowned authors from around the world, reflecting the latest scholarship on the nature, causes, and patterns of homicide, as well as policies and practices for its investigation and prevention."

Homicide in Context. Murderous Thoughts / Helen Innes, Sarah Tucker, Martin Innes -- Geographic and Temporal Variation in Cross-National Homicide Victimization Rates / Meghan L Rogers, William Alex Pridemore -- Some Trends in Homicide and Its Age-Crime Curves / Alfred Blumstein -- Social and Legal Responses to Homicide / Mark Cooney -- Understanding Different Forms of Homicide. Gang Homicide in the United States / Jesenia M Pizarro -- Drug-Related Homicide / Sean P Varano, Joseph B Kuhns -- Sexual Homicide / Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan -- When Women are Murdered / R Emerson Dobash, Russell P Dobash -- Women Murdered in the Name of "Honor" / Aisha K Gill -- Hate and Homicide / Nathan Hall -- Infanticide / Carl P Malmquist -- Parricide Encapsulated / Kathleen M Heide -- Corporate Homicide, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Human Rights / Gary Slapper -- Empirical Challenges to Studying Terrorism and Homicide / Joseph K Young, Erin M Kearns -- Multiple Homicide / Jack Levin, James Alan Fox -- Genocide and State-Sponsored Killing / Andy Ayd�n-Aitchison -- Homicide around the Globe. Homicide in Europe / Marieke Liem -- Comparing Characteristics of Homicides in Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden / Soenita M Ganpat -- Homicide in Britain / Fiona Brookman, Helen Jones, Sophie Pike -- Homicide in Canada / Myrna Dawson -- Typifying American Exceptionalism / Amanda L Robinson, Christopher D Maxwell -- Homicide in Japan / Tom Ellis, Koichi Hamai -- Homicide in Australia and New Zealand / Paul Mazerolle, Li Eriksson, Richard Wortley, Holly Johnson -- Drivers of Homicide in Latin America and the Caribbean / Erik Alda -- Homicide in Russia / Alexandra Lysova, Nikolay Shchitov -- Understanding Homicide in China / Liqun Cao -- Homicide in India / K Jaishankar, Debarati Halder -- Homicide in South Africa / Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard -- Investigating Homicide. Technology and Homicide Investigation / Patrick Q Brady, William R King -- Solving Homicides / Thomas S Alexander, Charles F Wellford -- Using DNA in the Investigation of Homicide / Robin Williams -- Cold Case Homicide Reviews / Cheryl Allsop -- A Damning Cascade of Investigative Errors / Deborah Davis, Richard A Leo -- Reducing and Preventing Homicide. Seeing and Treating Violence as a Health Issue / Charles Ransford, Gary Slutkin -- Identifying and Intervening in Homicide Networks / Andrew M Fox, Olivia R Allen -- Focused Deterrence and the Reduction of Gang Homicide / Anthony A Braga -- From Theory to Practice / Eric Grommon, John D McCluskey, Timothy S Bynum -- Preventing Homicide / Edward R Maguire.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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