Patterns In Criminal HomicideThe volume's 19 chapters and 2 appendices summarize the author's research in his sociological analysis of criminal homicide in which he used Philadelphia as a community case study. "Analysis has been made of 588 criminal homicides listed by the police in this city ...
This article provides information on a study that explored how patterns of criminal homicide in the middle and upper-class differ from those of the lower-class. This study advances the general hypothesis that the patterns of criminal homicide delineated in the existing research literature do not app...
A new report from the Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative with Vulnerable Populations (CDHPIVP) is a painful reminder that domestic violence is a major social, criminal and public health issue that affects thousands of Canadians every day. The report, titled "One is Too Many: Trends ...
1 Numerous studies of gun violence at the individual2-9 and ecological10-16 levels have found that the presence of a firearm is associated with an approximately 4-fold increase in risk of suicide death and a 2-fold increase in the risk of homicide death. Young adulthood is uniquely marked ...
homicide or vandalism, each of which is assigned an event type, a geographical location and time of occurrence. Discovering sequences of crime types that occur in a spatial area over a time period can contribute to a better understanding of the causes of these crimes and to their elimination ...
It should be noted that near repeat phenomena do not ensure a series of crime conducted by a single criminal. However, from the spatial perspective, near repeat crime indicates the “spatial interaction”. Such spatial interaction can be related both “spatial heterogeneity” and “environmental ...
“Abbott has pleaded guilty to a criminal misdemeanor for misbranding Depakote in violation of the FDCA.” Side effects “downplayed” “Not only did Abbott engage in off-label promotion, but it targeted elderly dementia patients and downplayed the risks apparent from its own clinical studies,”...
The manner of death, referring to the general circumstances surrounding drug overuse (ie, “accidental,” inferring recreational or other unintentionally fatal drug overuse, vs intentionally fatal drug overuse, described as “suicide,”“homicide,” or “undetermined manner”) is also established ...
4 Homicide OR Stabbing penetrates body cavity OR Fractures skull OR Strangulation OR Serial serious (e.g. penetrative, indictable) sexual assaults OR Kidnap OR Torture OR Poisoning. 3 Use of weapons to injure OR Arson endangering life OR Assaults causing concussion or fractures to long bones OR...
Data were generated by a request to administrators of the Delaware Criminal Justice Information (DELJIS). Data are subject to third party restrictions. Notes Johnson et al.’s (2013) study conducted in the small city of Camden is a notable exception. ...