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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 1998. / A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographical references.

Homicide rates have become a growing concern worldwide, yet many countries lack the proper resources and materials to adequately and efficiently report the data. While homicide rates on a global scale have had a history of lacking datasets and misreporting, the UNODC’s Global Study on Homicide 2013 aimed to identify some key factors and variables that trigger spikes or drops in homicide rates. This paper will focus on analyzing data from both the UNODC and World Bank to identify more factors that explain the levels and changes in homicide rates from 2006-2011. While this paper is not successful in explaining all determinants, it does find that variables relating to income distribution and population prove to be better explanatory variables of homicide.

The lack of information about the relationship between homicide and violence was identified as a gap in knowledge almost 30 years ago. Despite this, little research has been conducted worldwide regarding this relationship on a national level since then, and the results of that research have been very contradictory. This lack of research includes Scotland, despite its unenviable reputation of being the most violent country in the Western world. Even so, many studies make unsupported assumptions regarding the relationship between the trends in homicide and wider violence. In order to fill this gap in research, the aim of the thesis is therefore to examine the changing characteristics and patterns of homicide in Scotland and to determine the extent to which changes in homicide reflect the changing characteristics and patterns in wider violence. Overall, both homicide and violence have more than halved over the past twenty years in Scotland. But this is not just a numbers game. Due to the heterogenous nature of these crimes, although the overall picture is one of decline, there might be certain types of homicide and violence that have remained stable, or even increased over this time. In order to examine the relationship between homicide and violence in Scotland, subtypes of both homicide and violence were identified and compared over time. Two datasets were used in the current study; a homicide dataset gathered from the Scottish Homicide Database, spanning from 1990-2015, and a violence dataset gathered from pooled survey sweeps of the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, spanning from 2008- 09 to 2014-15. Multilevel latent class analysis was used to identify subtypes of both homicide and violence using classifying variables relating to the victim, offender and to the incident of lethal and non-lethal violence. This study presents the first use of this type of multilevel latent class analysis in all criminological research. The results identified four main types of homicide (Stabbing homicides, No Weapon-bludgeoning homicides, Rivalry homicides and Femicides) and four main types of violence (Domestic, Public No Weapon, Public Weapon, and Work-related). When the homicide typology and the violence typology were compared over time it was found that although there are some differences in the subtypes identified, the overall trends in these two crimes seem to follow a similar pattern over time. A key finding from this study is that the general decrease in both homicide and violence was driven by a reduction in the same type of violence, namely violence committed by young men in public places and involving the use of sharp instruments. However, this general decrease in violence masks a hidden relative increase in both lethal and non-lethal forms of domestic violence over time. This thesis will argue that the trends in homicide and violence indeed do follow a similar pattern over time, but that an overall picture of decline does not mean that all types of violence or homicide are decreasing equally. This has vital implications for violence policy. Improved and specific prevention strategies are needed for certain types of lethal and non-lethal violence, such as domestic violence, in order to ensure that all types of violence are prevented equally. This study will also make important theoretical contributions, in that all theories making assumptions about the trends in homicide and violence should examine disaggregated subtypes of these crimes in order to provide a holistic explanation of the changes in these crimes. Limitations of the study are discussed as well as future implications of these findings for policy and theory.

Femicide, homicide involving female victims, accounts for approximately one third of all homicides in Australia. Despite its prevalence, femicide has received considerably less theoretical attention than the more common male-on-male homicide. The current study uses qualitative data from the Coroner’s brief of evidence to examine the social context of homicides which occurred between 1994 and 1998 in Victoria, Australia. All homicides for which data were available that included a female victim were included in the study, resulting in a total of 67 victims. Six social contexts of femicide were identified through the cases. Intimate femicide (22 cases, 33% of the sample) involved female victims who were killed by their intimate partner in a relationship characterised by jealousy, possessiveness and violence. These intimate femicides were usually not spontaneous acts of rage, but planned and purposive attacks, and often occurred around separation. Intimate homicide-suicides (9 cases, 13%) shared many of the characteristics of intimate femicide, but in addition to being possessive and violent, the offender was notably depressed, often due to financial problems.

Culpable homicide is the unlawful negligent killing of a fellow human being. As such it is in many respects a 'residual' crime being the verdict prosecutors may expect when they are unable to prove the intention to kill when prosecuting for murder. A feature of this was that in the past when defences such as, for instance, intoxication or provocation were raised at murder trials, convictions of culpable homicide were almost automatic. In recent years, under the influence of the 'purist' current in our Criminal law, intoxication has become a defence to culpable homicide and provocation resulting in loss of self-control has also become a defence to culpable homicide. These developments are unacceptable to some writers on criminal law and a move away from the purist approach to the 'traditional' or pragmatic approach is to be expected. Greater emphasis will be placed on practical results than on the achievement of logical consistency. This could result in the law of culpable homicide becoming more socially effective than it is at present.

Research has consistently shown that intimate partner homicide (IPH) rates have been on a steady downward decline over the past two decades. A relatively recent movement in IPH research, however, has emphasized the need for further dissecting the aggregate trends by factors such as gender, race, and victim-offender relationship. In response to these issues, this study looks at the relationship between IPHs and factors such as gender, race, and age. The present study explores officially reported IPH cases in Dallas, Texas between the years 1990-1997. Specific attention will be paid to the victim's and suspect's age, race, and gender. The findings of the study will assist in identifying significant characteristics of these IPH incidents which may lead to a greater understanding of the types of relationships in which IPH is more likely to occur. Studying the relationship between IPHs and these factors, as this research aims to do, is important to understanding what IPH incident characteristics need more attention to help prevent future incidents from occurring. As a result of this research, a better understanding of whether IPH may occur in certain types of relationships will be reached and then can be further utilized to educate.