The Handbook of Homicide

<p>Notes on Contributors ix</p>
<p>Introduction: Homicide in Global Perspective xix<br />Fiona Brookman, Edward R. Maguire, and Mike Maguire</p>
<p>Part I Homicide in Context 1</p>
<p>1 Murderous Thoughts: The Macro, Micro, and Momentary in Theorizing the Causes and Consequences of Criminal Homicide 3<br />Helen Innes, Sarah Tucker, and Martin Innes</p>
<p>2 Geographic and Temporal Variation in Cross National Homicide Victimization Rates 20<br />Meghan L. Rogers and William Alex Pridemore</p>
<p>3 Some Trends in Homicide and Its Age Crime Curves 44<br />Alfred Blumstein</p>
<p>4 Social and Legal Responses to Homicide 54<br />Mark Cooney</p>
<p>Part II Understanding Different Forms of Homicide 71</p>
<p>5 Gang Homicide in the United States: What We Know and Future Research Directions 73<br />Jesenia M. Pizarro</p>
<p>6 Drug Related Homicide 89<br />Sean P. Varano and Joseph B. Kuhns</p>
<p>7 Sexual Homicide: A Review of Recent Empirical Evidence (2008 to 2015) 105<br />Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan</p>
<p>8 When Women are Murdered 131<br />R. Emerson Dobash and Russell P. Dobash</p>
<p>9 Women Murdered in the Name of Honor 149<br />Aisha K. Gill</p>
<p>10 Hate and Homicide: Exploring the Extremes of Prejudice Motivated Violence 165<br />Nathan Hall</p>
<p>11 Infanticide 180<br />Carl P. Malmquist</p>
<p>12 Parricide Encapsulated 197<br />Kathleen M. Heide</p>
<p>13 Corporate Homicide, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Human Rights 213<br />Gary Slapper</p>
<p>14 Empirical Challenges to Studying Terrorism and Homicide 231<br />Joseph K. Young and Erin M. Kearns</p>
<p>15 Multiple Homicide: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder 249<br />Jack Levin and James Alan Fox</p>
<p>16 Genocide and State Sponsored Killing 268<br />Andy Ayd n Aitchison</p>
<p>Part III Homicide around the Globe: International Perspectives 289</p>
<p>17 Homicide in Europe 291<br />Marieke Liem</p>
<p>18 Comparing Characteristics of Homicides in Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden 308<br />Soenita M. Ganpat</p>
<p>19 Homicide in Britain 320<br />Fiona Brookman, Helen Jones, and Sophie Pike</p>
<p>20 Homicide in Canada 345<br />Myrna Dawson</p>
<p>21 Typifying American Exceptionalism: Homicide in the USA 368<br />Amanda L. Robinson and Christopher D. Maxwell</p>
<p>22 Homicide in Japan 388<br />Tom Ellis and Koichi Hamai</p>
<p>23 Homicide in Australia and New Zealand: Precursors and Prevention 412<br />Paul Mazerolle, Li Eriksson, Richard Wortley, and Holly Johnson</p>
<p>24 Drivers of Homicide in Latin America and the Caribbean: Does Relative Political Capacity Matter? 432<br />Erik Alda</p>
<p>25 Homicide in Russia: Issues of Measuring and Theoretical Explanations 451<br />Alexandra Lysova and Nikolay Shchitov</p>
<p>26 Understanding Homicide in China 467<br />Liqun Cao</p>
<p>27 Homicide in India: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 486<br />K. Jaishankar and Debarati Halder</p>
<p>28 Homicide in South Africa: Offender Perspectives on Dispute related Killings of Men 499<br />Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard</p>
<p>Part IV Investigating Homicide 515</p>
<p>29 Technology and Homicide Investigation 517<br />Patrick Q. Brady and William R. King</p>
<p>30 Solving Homicides: Trends, Causes, and Ways to Improve 533<br />Thomas S. Alexander and Charles F. Wellford</p>
<p>31 Using DNA in the Investigation of Homicide: Scientific, Operational, and Evidential Considerations 548<br />Robin Williams</p>
<p>32 Cold Case Homicide Reviews 566<br />Cheryl Allsop</p>
<p>33 A Damning Cascade of Investigative Errors: Flaws in Homicide Investigation in the USA 578<br />Deborah Davis and Richard A. Leo</p>
<p>Part V Reducing and Preventing Homicide 599</p>
<p>34 Seeing and Treating Violence as a Health Issue 601<br />Charles Ransford and Gary Slutkin</p>
<p>35 Identifying and Intervening in Homicide Networks 626<br />Andrew M. Fox and Olivia R. Allen</p>
<p>36 Focused Deterrence and the Reduction of Gang Homicide 643<br />Anthony A. Braga</p>
<p>37 From Theory to Practice: Reducing Gun Violence and Homicide in Detroit 659<br />Eric Grommon, John D. McCluskey, and Timothy S. Bynum</p>
<p>38 Preventing Homicide 676<br />Edward R. Maguire</p>
<p>Index 693</p>