Routledge Handbook of Homicide Studies
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-50530-5 (ISBN)
The Routledge Handbook of Homicide Studies comprehensively examines the topic of homicide from a diverse collection of perspectives and backgrounds. It brings together original contributions on homicide, with a focus on the broad range of impacts of homicide from a multitude of disciplines that evaluate and examine homicide in actual practice and theory. The editors have assembled a comprehensive collection highlighting the multifaceted causes and ramifications of homicide both across the United States and globally, with chapters exploring the current state of homicide, typologies of homicides offenders, causes and correlates of homicide, homicides and the criminal justice system, and a professional observations chapters authored by some of the leading practicing professionals in the world, many of whom have made pivotal contributions to the evaluation and investigation of homicide offenders and cases.
Providing state-of-the-art scholarship on homicide in modern society, this handbook is a key collection and an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners engaged in the study of homicide across a diverse range of disciplines, including criminal justice and criminology, psychology, sociology, forensics, interdisciplinary departments, and sociolegal studies.
Kyle A. Burgason, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of Graduate Education in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Iowa State University, USA. His research interests include policing, ethics in criminal justice, race and crime, criminological theory, structural and cultural context of violent crime and victimization, capital punishment, and optimal foraging theory’s applications to crime. Matt DeLisi, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Professor, Coordinator of Criminal Justice, and Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University, USA. A renowned scholar, Professor DeLisi is one of the most influential and prolific criminologists in the world with over 460 scholarly publications, including over 30 books on an array of topics in the social, behavioral, and forensic sciences.
1. Introduction PART 1 Current State of Homicide 2. Global Trends in Homicide: A Comparison between the UNODC Homicide Data and the WHO Mortality Database 3. Latin American Homicide 4. Murder as Violent Extremism 5. The Coming Crisis in Criminal Justice: True Crime as a Cultural Anomaly 6. Theoretical and Empirical Considerations for Examining Homicide Perpetration among Military Veterans 7. Homicidal Ideation 8. Mass Shootings in the United States and Beyond: Definitions, Contexts, and Controversies PART 2 Types of Homicide 9. Intimate Partner Homicide 10. Youth Homicide Offenders: A Review of Recent Literature 11. Legal Homicide 12. The Serial Murder Phenomenon Half a Century On 13. Gazing into the Abyss? Making Sense of Extreme Crime Scene Behaviors in Sexual Homicide 14. Fetal Abduction by Maternal Evisceration (FAMAE): A Forensic Psychiatric Syndrome PART 3 Causes and Correlates of Homicide 15. Homicide and Criminal Careers: An Empirical Study on Serial Murderers 16. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Homicide 17. A Descriptive Examination of Homicide and the Victim・Offender Overlap 18. Barriocide Reloaded: An Updated Analysis of the Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Gang Homicide in East Los Angeles 19. Immigration and Homicide: From Eastern Europe to the U.S.・Mexico Border 20. Self-Control, Homicide Offending, and Homicide Victimization 21. Homicide and Psychosis 22. The Role of Psychopathy in Homicide among Juveniles: A Review of the Research 23. Sexual Homicide: Does Anything Matter Beyond Sexual Sadism? PART 4 Homicide and the Criminal Justice System 24. Homicide and Criminal Justice Policy 25. Juvenile Homicide Offending: First-Time Offense or Escalation of Criminal Offending? 26. Policing Homicide in Urban and Rural Areas 27. Homicide Clearances 28. Contemporary Challenges in Homicide Investigation 29. The Flow of Homicide Cases through the Criminal Justice Funnel 30. The Processing of Homicide in American Courts 31. Prison Homicide 32. Condemned Homicide Offenders and Externalizing Psychopathology PART 5 Professional Observations 33. Juvenile Homicide Offenders: Do They Become More Responsible over Time? 34. Cold Case Homicide: Trends, Challenges, and Context 35. Homicide and Death Investigation 36. Selected Homicide Themes in Los Angeles County 37. The Normal and the Pathological
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.03.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge International Handbooks |
| Zusatzinfo | 51 Tables, black and white; 11 Line drawings, black and white; 27 Halftones, black and white; 38 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 1310 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-50530-3 / 1032505303 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-50530-5 / 9781032505305 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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