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Homicide Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of homicide. The editor-in-chief is Jesenia Pizarro (Arizona State University). It was established in 1997 and is currently published by SAGE Publications .
Familicide – is a multiple-victim homicide where a killer's spouse and children are slain (Latin: familia "family"). Filicide – the act of a parent killing their child (Latin: filius "son" and Latin: filia "daughter"). Fratricide – the act of killing a brother (Latin: frater "brother"); also, in military context, death by friendly fire.
Accidental injuries may be unforeseeable, or they may be caused by negligence. In order, the most common types of unintentional injuries are traffic accidents, falls, drowning, burns, and accidental poisoning. Certain types of injuries are more common in developed countries or developing countries. Traffic injuries are more likely to kill ...
Types of accidental killing include: Involuntary manslaughter if unlawful; Accidental death if not due to unreasonable behavior; Collateral damage (a euphemism) if due to imprecise or incorrect targeting during wartime
A man's body found on May 30, 2007, is described as being between 5-feet 7-inches and 5-feet-10-inches tall and weighed between 125 and 145 pounds. He is estimated to have been between 25 and 40 ...
A 2016 Harvard study claims that in 2010 the homicide rate was about 7 times higher than that of other high-income countries, and that the US gun homicide rate was 25.2 times higher. [48] Another Harvard study found that higher gun availability was strongly correlated with higher homicide rates across 26 high-income countries. [ 49 ]
James Alan Fox is a Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy and former dean at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States.Fox holds a bachelor's degree in sociology (1972), a master's degree in criminology (1974), a master's degree in statistics (1975), and a Ph.D. in sociology (1976), all from the University of Pennsylvania.
A 16-year-old died days after her head hit a wall during a school fight, her mother said. The medical examiner, however, determined the blunt force head trauma that killed her to be an accident.