• African Americans represent 14 percent of the U.S. population, but accounted for 52 percent of all homicide victims, the study authors found. (aframnews.com)
  • Gang homicides often occur in public and involve firearms, but are less likely to involve drugs or other crimes than generally believed by the public, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Gang homicides frequently involve youth as victims and are often retaliatory reactions to gang conflict. (cdc.gov)
  • This report is the first to compare gang homicides with other types of homicides using city-level data from CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). (cdc.gov)
  • This report analyzed 2003-2008 data from large cities in 17 states, and found five cities had the highest levels of gang homicides ― Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, Long Beach, Calif., Oakland, Calif., and Newark, N.J. (cdc.gov)
  • Violence - including gang homicides - is a significant public health problem," said Linda C. Degutis, Dr.P.H., M.S.N., director of CDC′s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. (cdc.gov)
  • in Oklahoma City, 25.4 percent of gang homicides compared to 22.8 percent of nongang homicides involved drug trade / use. (cdc.gov)
  • Newark was the only city with a significantly higher proportion of gang homicides (20 percent) vs. nongang homicides (6 percent) that involved drug trade / use. (cdc.gov)
  • Drive-by shootings were more likely to contribute to gang homicides than other types of homicide in Los Angeles and Oklahoma City (24 percent of gang homicides in each city were from drive-by shootings). (cdc.gov)
  • In Los Angeles and Long Beach, gang homicides accounted for the majority of homicides among 15-24-year-olds (61 and 69 percent, respectively). (cdc.gov)
  • A significantly smaller proportion of gang than nongang homicides were associated with other crimes in progress in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland (ranging from 0-3 percent for gang homicides versus 9-15 percent for nongang). (cdc.gov)
  • If we could eliminate gang homicides, then homicide - it wouldn't become extinct in Los Angeles, but we would certainly have a way different homicide picture," Beck said. (latimes.com)
  • The majority of homicides (79%) and suicides (53%) in the United States involved a firearm in 2020. (cdc.gov)
  • First, the study is examining the problem from an individual, case-level perspective to document how types of homicide have changed over time in each site. (ojp.gov)
  • Since the publication of the previous edition in 2014, the Global Study on Homicide has been expanded into a special six-booklet format, five of which are dedicated to thematic areas relevant to the study of the ultimate crime. (unodc.org)
  • This booklet constitutes the second part of the Global Study on Homicide 2019 . (unodc.org)
  • Constituting the third part of the Global Study on Homicide 2019 , this booklet provides an overview of the drivers of homicide and looks at the different typologies and mechanisms of homicide perpetration. (unodc.org)
  • Constituting the fourth part of the Global Study on Homicide 2019 , this booklet starts by examining the relationship between homicidal violence and level of development with reference to the Sustainable Development Goals. (unodc.org)
  • Editor's Note: As this edition of the Global Study on Homicide does not provide the number of gun deaths, GunPolicy.org calculates the annual number of homicides committed with a firearm as follows: Homicides x Gun% = GunHom. (gunpolicy.org)
  • e.g., income inequality, unemployment, and housing and Firearm homicides and suicides represent persistent and economic instability) are associated with risk for homicide significant U.S. public health concerns. (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers analyzed the number of concealed carry licenses in each county alongside the number of firearm homicides per county year. (chengsdkj.com)
  • According to Social Work Today , risk factors for homicide by a partner during pregnancy include the women's attempt to end the relationship, the abuser's lack of employment and lack of education, a previous assault with no police arrest, and a child in the home who is not the partner's biological child. (liveaction.org)
  • Poverty, economic inequality, ethnic fractionalization, and the availability of guns and alcohol are also risk factors for homicide. (who.int)
  • This is a unique dataset that contains in-depth interviews with over 300 convicted homicide offenders in Australia. (theconversation.com)
  • homicide committed in the context of organized crime and gang violence and homicide committed while perpetrating other criminal acts such as robbery and sexual assault. (unodc.org)
  • Comparing the homicide rate predicted on the basis of a country's level of development with the actual homicide rate reported by that country helps to clarify how effective development policies can be instrumental in reducing homicidal violence. (unodc.org)
  • More targeted strategies are needed to (1) protect 6- to 10-year-olds, 11- to 17-year-olds, and children in certain geographic areas and (2) urgently address firearm violence, racism, and inequities at the root of youth violence," the study authors conclude. (healthnews.com)
  • The study published by the Washington, D.C.-based Violence Policy Center, revealed that in 2019, the United States recorded 7,441 Black homicide victims. (aframnews.com)
  • According to a new and comprehensive study on gun violence, Black men, women, boys, and girls remain the most impacted victims of homicide in America, yet year after year this shocking and unacceptable toll is allowed to continue. (aframnews.com)
  • Every survivor that domestic violence programs work with is a potential homicide victim. (vawnet.org)
  • Domestic violence programs deal with the reality of knowing that a homicide could happen at any time, yet not allowing this knowledge to overpower their work with victims. (vawnet.org)
  • This study aims to fill gaps in knowledge about LGBT gun violence by generating estimates of gun ownership and attitudes towards gun control by sexual orientation and identifying opportunities to improve data collection about LGBT gun violence through a review of surveillance systems used to track gun violence. (vawnet.org)
  • Two special issues addressed the Regional Subculture of Violence (Homicide Studies, Volume 7, Number 4, November 2003 and Homicide Studies, Volume 8, Number 1, February 2004). (hrwg1991.org)
  • This study compared honor killings, domestic violence homicides, and hate homicides committed by far-right extremists. (umd.edu)
  • Data from the Extremist Crime Database were used to compare honor killings committed in the United States since 1990 to domestic violence and hate homicides (N = 48). (umd.edu)
  • Honor killings were more likely to have a history of domestic violence in open sources than hate homicides, suggesting these three homicides may be more similar than different. (umd.edu)
  • About 60 [academic] papers show that a very common result of greater inequality is more violence, usually measured by homicide rates," says Richard Wilkinson, author of The Spirit Level and co-founder of the Equality Trust. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • A team of researchers with the National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC) recently worked with the Columbus Division of Police to review 107 homicides between January and September of last year in an effort to pin down who is driving the city's lethal violence. (buckeyefirearms.org)
  • In addition to the information - it was not a revelation - that much of the violence is driven by a very limited pool of violent actors, the study found that homicides often were tangled up in petty beefs and interpersonal disputes. (buckeyefirearms.org)
  • Violence tied to gangs remained the leading motive for homicides in L.A., at 160 killings, or about 62% of the city's total - up from 145 such killings in 2013. (latimes.com)
  • Street killings are linked to gang violence, Beck said, which can help explain why more than half (about 53%) of the city's homicides occurred on a street or sidewalk. (latimes.com)
  • This study takes a close look at the back-and-forth relationship between concealed carry licensing and homicides over a relatively long period of time," said Daniel Semenza , director of interpersonal research of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center and co-author of the study. (chengsdkj.com)
  • Unintentional drug overdoses at work, as well as workplace violence in the form of suicides and homicides, represent emerging issues that need the attention of Alaskan occupational safety stakeholders. (cdc.gov)
  • CORLEY: The study specifically looks at 23 states that enacted Stand Your Ground laws by 2016. (wpsu.org)
  • Some additional thoughts about how a 2015 ACLU consent decree with the Chicago Police Department contributed to the 2016 homicide spike--responding to tweets from Professor John Pfaff and to comments from the ACLU. (reason.com)
  • On Monday, I discussed Professor Fowles and my article about what caused the 2016 Chicago homicide spike . (reason.com)
  • METHODS: We conducted a self-controlled case series study using national register data on all individuals living in Denmark from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 2016 and who were bereaved by the suicide of a first-degree relative or partner (spouse or cohabitee) during that period, and who had the outcome (any episode of self-harm or suicide) within 5 years and 6 weeks of the bereavement. (bvsalud.org)
  • METHODS: We conducted a nationwide nested case-control study defining cases as all Danish-born individuals who died by suicide in Denmark between 01 January 1980 and 31 December 2016 (n = 32,248), age-matched to four living controls. (bvsalud.org)
  • Research published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics found that 38,362 US children became victims of homicide from 1999 to 2020. (healthnews.com)
  • On average, homicides increased by 4.3% annually from 2013 to 2020, with the most significant rise from 2019 to 2020. (healthnews.com)
  • Trends in Homicide Rates for US Children Aged 0 to 17 Years, 1999 to 2020. (healthnews.com)
  • This study examined changes in firearm homicide and firearm suicide rates coinciding with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. (cdc.gov)
  • From 2019 to 2020, the overall firearm homicide rate increased 34.6%, from 4.6 to 6.1 per 100,000 persons. (cdc.gov)
  • ARLINGTON, Va. - The Arlington County Police Department's Homicide/Robbery Unit is investigating a homicide that took place in the Green Valley neighborhood on the evening of April 23, 2020. (arlingtonva.us)
  • This is the second homicide in Arlington County in 2020. (arlingtonva.us)
  • In a study released on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, U.S. government researchers found no evidence linking baby powder with ovarian cancer in the largest-ever analysis of an issue that has prompted thousands of lawsuits and a recent product recall. (cbs42.com)
  • Objective: We examined work -related homicides and suicides among farm operators/ work ers in the United States from 1992 to 2010. (cdc.gov)
  • Title : Circumstances Preceding Homicide-Suicides Involving Child Victims: A Qualitative Analysis Personal Author(s) : Holland, Kristin M.;Brown, Sabrina V.;Hall, Jeffrey E.;Logan, Joseph E. (cdc.gov)
  • The number of suicides and homicides at work increased substantially during the 15-year period. (cdc.gov)
  • A new study reveals that child homicide rates in the US are increasing, with boys being the most impacted. (healthnews.com)
  • Our aims were to examine risk of child homicide if 1 or both parents had a psychiatric history, to compare effects by parental sex and diagnostic group, and to assess likelihood of child homicide being perpetrated by parents according to their psychiatric history. (psychiatrist.com)
  • During 2000 to 2005, 88% of the child homicide cases were filicide victims. (psychiatrist.com)
  • In the large majority of Danish child-homicide cases, a parent was the perpetrator, regardless of whether there had been parental admission to a psychiatric hospital. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Methods -Data were gathered from vital statistics reports and law enforcement records on the characteristics of suicide victims (n = 4799) and homicide suspects (n = 5369) from 1990 through 1994. (bmj.com)
  • Even when their other demographic attributes and characteristics of the incident itself were taken into consideration, persons under the age of 18 were substantially more likely than those 21 or more years old to use a firearm in the commission of a homicide (adjusted odds ratio = 2.59). (bmj.com)
  • 2. Are certain characteristics of homicide cases associated with a higher likelihood of detection? (grin.com)
  • Trends and characteristics of occupational suicide and homicide in farmers and agriculture work ers, 1992-2010. (cdc.gov)
  • This paper explores the differences in the characteristics of the various types of family homicides in Australia and highlights the need for specific prevention strategies to target these homicides. (aic.gov.au)
  • The purpose of this paper is to examine the different circumstances and characteristics of family homicide in Australia over a 13-year period. (aic.gov.au)
  • ABSTRACT During 2000 to 2001, all 170 female burn patients admitted to the Ghotbeddin burn centre in Shiraz were studied to determine the epidemiological characteristics and outcome of burn for these pIat nie f n e tcst. (who.int)
  • The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of prevalence, cause and associated factors of maxillofacial traumas in Southern Brazil in 2009 and 2010. (bvsalud.org)
  • Societies where young people - particularly young males - make up a greater share of the population tend to have higher homicide rates. (who.int)
  • Rather, having more guns in public through concealed carry appears to be more dangerous and leads to higher homicide numbers. (chengsdkj.com)
  • They found that about 480 total members of 17 gangs - roughly 0.05% of the city's population - were confirmed or suspected to be involved in 46% of the homicides, either as victims, perpetrators or both. (buckeyefirearms.org)
  • Nutter, a 1979 Wharton graduate, initiated a bounty for criminals that provides $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of homicide perpetrators and $500 for the arrest and conviction of anyone carrying an illegal weapon. (thedp.com)
  • It provides an overview of intentional homicide counts, rates and trends. (unodc.org)
  • A macroanalysis of the extent to which homicide rates can be explained by national levels of development is then presented. (unodc.org)
  • The analysis is based on a set of models that incorporate the latest available homicide data and were designed to take into account the social and economic factors most strongly correlated with homicide rates across countries. (unodc.org)
  • Although the sharp increase in homicide rates among US youth has begun to reverse 1 as overall homicide rates among other age groups have declined in recent years, 2 the public health challenge of reducing firearm fatalities is growing. (bmj.com)
  • Rates of homicide were analyzed using survival analysis. (psychiatrist.com)
  • The study details homicide rates for 2019, the most recent year for which comprehensive national data is available. (aframnews.com)
  • High firearm homicide and suicide rates and corresponding inequities by race and ethnicity and poverty level represent important public health concerns. (cdc.gov)
  • Population-based firearm homicide and suicide rates were examined by age, sex, race and ethnicity, geographic area, level of urbanization, and level of poverty. (cdc.gov)
  • Rates of firearm homicide were lowest and increased least at the lowest poverty level and were higher and showed larger increases at higher poverty levels. (cdc.gov)
  • The primary objective of the Homicide Clearance Project was to improve homicide clearance rates by increasing investigative time through the transfer of four crime scene specialists to the homicide unit. (umich.edu)
  • Structural Covariates of Homicide Rates: A Return to a Classic (August 2010, Volume 14, Issue 3). (hrwg1991.org)
  • Some 80% of homicides occur in males and the highest rates are in males aged 15-29 years. (who.int)
  • Homicide can generate a sense of insecurity in society, and when high rates occur in countries with weak, inefficient and corrupt criminal justice systems, can contribute to undermining social and economic development. (who.int)
  • The fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, apartheid in South Africa, and dictatorship in Brazil all saw rapid increases in homicide rates. (who.int)
  • Homicide rates may increase in the absence of good governance and effective rule of law. (who.int)
  • Homicide rates tend to be lower where states have legitimacy in the eyes of citizens, can deliver key political goods such as justice based on the rule of law, and have low levels of corruption. (who.int)
  • When compared to rates of all work ers, suicide rates were higher while homicide rates were lower among farm operators/ work ers. (cdc.gov)
  • Inequality predicts homicide rates "better than any other variable", says Martin Daly, professor emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McMaster University in Ontario and author of Killing the Competition: Economic Inequality and Homicide . (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • Three workplaces had homicide rates that were at least double the average annual rate (0.7/100,000) for the United States: retail trades, public administration, and transportation/communication/public utilities. (cdc.gov)
  • Newswise - Concealed guns significantly impact homicide rates and public safety, according to a Rutgers study that found an increase in homicides based on the number of concealed carry weapons licenses issued. (chengsdkj.com)
  • Professor Pfaff also mentions that our regression equations simply include (in one model) homicides rates in other cities, without developing difference-in-difference variables or synthetic controls. (reason.com)
  • Fatality rates were expressed as the number of deaths per 100 000 workers, and Poisson regression was used to measure the trend during the study period. (cdc.gov)
  • This rate is 16% higher than the homicide rate among non-pregnant and non-postpartum women of reproductive age, which saw 3.12 deaths per 100,000 live births in that time period. (liveaction.org)
  • Firearms account for an increasing proportion of intentional injury deaths in the US, especially among the homicides of young persons: the proportion of homicide deaths attributed to firearms among 15-34 year olds rose from 66.4% in 1985 1 to 79.8% in 1997, 3 the most recent year for which final data are available. (bmj.com)
  • Internationally, deaths from terrorism experienced a "dramatic rise" in 2014, increasing by 80% from the previous year, according to the study by the Institute for Economics and Peace. (cnn.com)
  • all other deaths classed by police as homicide (including infanticide), even though no offender has been apprehended. (aic.gov.au)
  • Occupational homicides accounted for approximately 7,600 deaths during this period -- or 12% of all deaths from injury in the workplace. (cdc.gov)
  • Nonetheless, homicide was the leading cause of death from occupational injury among women, causing 41% of all such deaths among women compared with 10% among men. (cdc.gov)
  • In a study of 622 hanging deaths by Tugaleva et al, hyoid and larynx fractures were present in 46 cases (7.3%), with the most common being isolated hyoid fractures. (medscape.com)
  • the population of this cross-sectional study comprised deaths by aggression at home, in 2018, in Pernambuco, in both sexes and in all age groups. (bvsalud.org)
  • homicide that occurs in the context of interpersonal conflict. (unodc.org)
  • Spousal homicide is a kind of homicide that occurs within an intimate relationship - marriage, stable union or dating - that may happen during the relationship or in the context of the couple's separation. (bvsalud.org)
  • Homicide in an International Context (February 2008, Volume 12, Issue 1). (hrwg1991.org)
  • This is particularly important in the context of family homicides, which can encompass various types of victim-offender relationship, such as intimate partners, parents killing children, children killing parents, siblings killing each other, and so on. (aic.gov.au)
  • Radzinowicz, L. Ideology and crime: a study of crime and its social and historical context . (bvs.br)
  • Starting at the global level, the analysis turns to regional, subregional and national trends before the focus shifts to the subnational picture of homicide in selected locations where such data are available and patterns can be identified. (unodc.org)
  • The purpose of this study was to measure and describe the trend in fatalities during the 15-year period 2004 to 2018, and to identify lingering and emerging hazards that result in fatalities. (cdc.gov)
  • The majority of family homicides occur between intimate partners (60 per cent), and three-quarters of intimate partner homicides involve males killing their female partners. (aic.gov.au)
  • The doctors involved with CLEAATS hope to have more females surveyed, yet males are still encouraged to sign up for the study. (kxan.com)
  • The study, published Sept. 17 in the journal Sociology of Race and Ethnicity , found that victims killed in predominantly Black neighborhoods - common to Chicago's West and South Sides - received less news coverage than those killed in mostly white neighborhoods - common to Chicago's North Side. (scienceblog.com)
  • See Bell {1991} for an analysis of NTOF data on occupational homicides among women. (cdc.gov)
  • 1991], no studies to date suggest that dermal absorption from contaminated water, air, or soil is a significant route of human exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • In Australia, almost two in five homicides occur between family members, with an average of 129 family homicides each year. (aic.gov.au)
  • Although data are not available to quantify nonfatal assaults in the United States, such intentional injuries to workers occur much more frequently than occupational homicides. (cdc.gov)
  • Very few surveillance systems collect data with the level of detail necessary to direct gang homicide prevention strategies. (cdc.gov)
  • Using data from the National Center for Health Statistics 2018 and 2019 mortality files, researchers estimated the two-year pregnancy-associated homicide mortality ratios for females ages 10-44 compared to the homicide mortality ratios among non-pregnant and non-postpartum females as well as to mortality ratios for direct pregnancy-related causes of death. (liveaction.org)
  • This lack of data meant it was previously impossible to know how many pregnant women were dying by homicide. (liveaction.org)
  • The data set for this study comprised all the non-domestic homicides reported to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service from January 1st 2008 to December 31st 2014 was analyzed against 21 investigative variables and 16 solvability factors. (grin.com)
  • Officials said it's based on unpublished data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Supplementary Homicide Report. (aframnews.com)
  • Data were collected on 404 homicide cases (Part 1), 532 homicide victims and survivors (Part 2), and 3,338 records of evidence collected at homicide scenes (Part 3). (umich.edu)
  • A recent special issue focused on Missing Data (Homicide Studies, Volume 8, Number 3, August 2004). (hrwg1991.org)
  • Linking Data Sources to Enhance Homicide Research (August 2008, Volume 12, Issue 3). (hrwg1991.org)
  • For the purposes of the National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP) (which is the source of data for the present study), the definition of homicide is the operational definition used by police throughout Australia. (aic.gov.au)
  • 1992} for an overview of work-related homicides based on NTOF data for the years 1980-88. (cdc.gov)
  • All of these variables were based on monthly data, since we were attempting to explain homicide data reported on monthly basis. (reason.com)
  • But since our goal was to explain the Chicago homicide spike, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with looking at Chicago data. (reason.com)
  • We looked at this question using data from the Australian Homicide Project. (theconversation.com)
  • The age distribution and data related to the tive of this study was to assess the epidec injury and outcome are shown in Table 1. (who.int)
  • Cagle's office pointed us to a 2015 letter from the Senate Judiciary Committee, which said that according to ICE data, "up to 121 homicides in the U.S. could have been avoided" between fiscal years 2010 and 2014 if ICE had deported criminal immigrants instead of releasing them back into the United States. (politifact.com)
  • The Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that favors low immigration levels, reviewed data related to the 121 criminal immigrants. (politifact.com)
  • Although there are some minor studies on maxillofacial trauma in some parts of Brazil, this is the first report analyzing data of oral and maxillofacial traumas in the last decade. (bvsalud.org)
  • The examination includes details about the homicide of intimates, children, parents and other family members. (aic.gov.au)
  • Further, 87 percent of Black homicide victims were male (6,454 of 7,441) and 13 percent were female (986 of 7,441). (aframnews.com)
  • Work -related homicide and suicide cases from 1992 to 2010 were obtained from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. (cdc.gov)
  • The drivers of homicide are manifold and have to do with a number of factors: socioeconomic and environmental conditions, governance and the rule of law, political stability, demographics, and cultural stereotypes (particularly in relation to gender roles). (unodc.org)
  • The links between homicide and socioeconomic and environmental factors, along with the ways in which these factors may drive homicide or contribute to its containment, are analysed in booklet 4, which focuses on the interactions between homicide and development. (unodc.org)
  • Some factors have been pointed out as determinants for the occurrence of homicides, with gender, age, marital status and socioeconomic conditions standing out among them3-5. (bvsalud.org)
  • During the period 1980-89, nearly 7,600 U.S. workers were victims of homicide in the workplace. (cdc.gov)
  • Of the 7,600 homicide victims during the period 1980-89, 80% were male. (cdc.gov)
  • During the period 1980-89, 75% of occupational homicide victims were white, 19% were black, and 6% were other races. (cdc.gov)
  • Guns were used in 75% of all occupational homicides from 1980 to 1989. (cdc.gov)
  • Among workplaces, retail trades had the highest number of occupational homicides (2,787) during the period 1980-89, and services had the second highest number (1,275). (cdc.gov)
  • NEW YORK (AP) - The homicide rate for older U.S. teenagers rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID-19 pandemic. (kxl.com)
  • The study also revealed that the Black homicide victimization rate in the United States was nearly four times the overall national victimization rate and nearly seven times the white homicide victimization rate. (aframnews.com)
  • In 2019, the Black homicide victimization rate was 18.08 per 100,000. (aframnews.com)
  • In comparison, the overall national homicide victimization rate was 4.79 per 100,000. (aframnews.com)
  • For whites, the national homicide victimization rate was 2.69 per 100,000. (aframnews.com)
  • The authors noted that Black male homicide victimization rate in the United States was "more than four times the overall male victimization rate and more than eight times the white male homicide victimization rate. (aframnews.com)
  • In comparison, the overall rate for male homicide victims was 7.68 per 100,000 and the rate for white male homicide victims was 3.88 per 100,000. (aframnews.com)
  • Meanwhile, the Black female homicide victimization rate in the United States was more than twice the overall female victimization rate and three times the white female homicide victimization rate. (aframnews.com)
  • In comparison, the overall rate for female homicide victims was 1.95 per 100,000 and the rate for white female homicide victims was 1.52 per 100,000. (aframnews.com)
  • With a homicide rate of 50.64 per 100,000 residents, Missouri ranked the highest. (aframnews.com)
  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, the firearm homicide rate in the United States reached its highest level since 1994, with substantial increases among several population subgroups. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2019 an estimated 475 000 people worldwide were victims of homicide (global rate of 6.2 per 100 000). (who.int)
  • The homicide rate for male workers was three times that for female workers (1.0/100,000 compared with 0.3/100,000). (cdc.gov)
  • Nearly half of the occupational homicides occurred among workers aged 25 to 44, but workers aged 65 and older had the highest rate of occupational homicide (2.0/100,000). (cdc.gov)
  • However, the rate of occupational homicide among black workers (1.4/100,000) and other races (1.6/100,000) was more than twice the rate for white workers (0.6/100,000). (cdc.gov)
  • Intentional ingestions of carbon tetrachloride in homicide or suicide attempts are beyond the scope of this case study. (cdc.gov)
  • The researchers concluded, "Homicide during pregnancy or within 42 days of the end of pregnancy exceeded all the leading causes of maternal mortality by more than twofold. (liveaction.org)
  • Homicide Studies is essential reading for academic researchers, people involved in law and practice and those involved in the development and evaluation of public policy. (hrwg1991.org)
  • Forrest Stuart , associate professor of sociology in Stanford's School of Humanities and Sciences , worked with University of Chicago researchers Kailey White and Shannon L. Morrissey to quantify how local news organizations cover homicide victims in minority neighborhoods. (scienceblog.com)
  • encourage researchers to gather more detailed information about occupational homicide and to develop and evaluate protective measures. (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Colorado at Boulder are taking part in a study using drones to study how storms form in coastal urban areas. (kfor.com)
  • In a new study published in the Journal of Urban Health, researchers examined the reciprocal county-level relationship between the number of concealed carry weapon licenses issued and gun homicides in 11 states between 2010 and 2019. (chengsdkj.com)
  • The second special issue focuses on Femicide (Homicide Studies, Volume 2, Number 4, November 1998). (hrwg1991.org)
  • The findings obtained not only confirm the Theory of the Culture of Honor for the propensity toward homicide, but also explicit and clarify some of the psychocultural processes and mechanisms involved, suggesting a new scientific framework. (frontiersin.org)
  • This report details findings from the Urban Indian Health Institute's 2017 study aimed at assessing the number and dynamics of cases of missing and murdered American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls in cities across the United States. (vawnet.org)
  • The findings were called "overall reassuring" in an editorial published Tuesday with the study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (cbs42.com)
  • Methodologically, "Changing Patterns of Homicide and Social Policy" uses a three-pronged approach. (ojp.gov)
  • The first special issue commemorates the 40th anniversary of Marvin Wolfgang's Patterns of Criminal Homicide (Homicide Studies, Volume 2, Number 3, August 1998). (hrwg1991.org)
  • Homicide victimization mainly affects young men between the ages of 15 and 29, single, mixed-race and with a low education level2,5. (bvsalud.org)
  • Increases in homicides varied by geographic regions. (wpsu.org)
  • In addition, the risk of homicide was "significantly elevated" among pregnant Black women and among girls and younger women ages 10 to 24 across racial and ethnic subgroups. (liveaction.org)
  • however, Los Angeles, Newark, and Oklahoma City still reported significantly higher proportions of male victims in gang homicide incidents compared with nongang homicide incidents. (cdc.gov)
  • The third special issue highlights Violent Serial Offending (Homicide Studies, Volume 4, Number 3, August 2000). (hrwg1991.org)
  • It proposes that, in certain societies, men must never show weakness and are required to react violently to any perceived threats to their reputation, thereby increasing their probability of committing a homicide. (frontiersin.org)
  • Homicide is the ultimate form of interpersonal conflict, one that is present in all societies throughout the whole of human history ( Durkheim, 1978 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • It is based on the notion that certain societies develop a culture that demands that its men never show signs weakness and that they react violently to any threats to their reputation, with "honor" being the central point of their life, making homicide an acceptable or even mandatory form of conflict resolution ( Reed, 1982 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Prior to the project, homicide investigators were responsible for evidence collection, which reduced the time they could devote to investigations. (umich.edu)
  • Other variables in Part 2 include an instrumental/expressive homicide indicator, whether the case was open or closed, type of arrest, whether the case was open or closed by arrest, number of investigators, number of patrol officers at the scene, number of witnesses, and investigative time to closure. (umich.edu)
  • Traffic homicide investigators searched Schopfer's vehicle, finding a can of compressed air and a receipt with a purchase time of 12 minutes prior to the crash. (yourobserver.com)
  • The booklet ends with an overview of the criminal justice response to homicide. (unodc.org)
  • In Brazil, criminal homicide is a particularly significant problem. (frontiersin.org)
  • The research is testing hypotheses related to urban economic and social environments and how changes in these conditions may be related to changing types of criminal homicide. (ojp.gov)
  • This remains an active criminal investigation and anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the Arlington County Police Department's Homicide/Robbery Unit at 703-228-4180 or [email protected] . (arlingtonva.us)
  • Criminal homicide is probably the most personalised crime in our society. (aic.gov.au)
  • Well, they are not cooperating with (U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement), and the important feature of this is that criminal illegal aliens, it was demonstrated with a Homeland Security study, that showed 120 murders took place that could have been prevented had communities been working with ICE and Homeland Security," Cagle said Oct. 9. (politifact.com)
  • A June 12, 2015, letter from Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and then Sen. Jeff Sessions, who chaired the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, specified that 121 criminal immigrants were charged with homicide after their release from ICE custody from fiscal years 2010 and 2014. (politifact.com)
  • This study aims to explore the discourse on partnerships applied in the EU's development cooperation in Central America. (lu.se)
  • Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact OWB Homicide Detective Hsiaoat 213-382-9470. (ktla.com)
  • UPDATED (9/3/20) - The investigation determined this incident to be a domestic-related homicide. (arlingtonva.us)
  • The term "homicide" refers to a person killed, and a homicide "incident" is an event in which one or more persons are killed at the same place and time. (aic.gov.au)
  • Theory of the Culture of Honor is one of the few models in criminology specifically geared toward homicide. (frontiersin.org)
  • They found that there were 3.62 homicides per 100,000 live births among females who were pregnant or had given birth within one year. (liveaction.org)
  • A case-control research design was used in this study with the aim of identifying the factors which differentiate solved and unsolved non-domestic homicides in Trinidad and Tobago for the seven year period 2008-2014. (grin.com)
  • Suicide and homicide are the No. 2 and 3 causes of death for 10- to 24-year-olds. (kxl.com)
  • MICHELLE DEGLI ESPOSTI: These laws are leading to unnecessary loss of lives, to around 700 extra homicides in the U.S. each year. (wpsu.org)
  • This article reports on the goals of a 2-year study of homicide. (ojp.gov)
  • ATLANTA (AP) - An autopsy has found that the Aug. 10 death of a 62-year-old church deacon who was electrically shocked by an Atlanta police officer was a homicide, although the medical examiner found that heart disease also contributed to his death. (phl17.com)
  • The less common types of family homicide include children killing their parents (12 incidents per year), homicide between siblings (six incidents per year), and homicides between other family members (11 incidents per year). (aic.gov.au)
  • While 139 homicides occurred that year, the city was much smaller. (buckeyefirearms.org)
  • Those statistics and others compiled by the Los Angeles Police Department offer a deeply detailed look at the 260 homicides that occurred in Los Angeles last year. (latimes.com)
  • On the contrary, we found that more concealed carry permits issued in a given county are linked to a greater number of homicides in that county the following year. (chengsdkj.com)
  • A considerable proportion in each group had not completed high school, and were under financial stress and/or unemployed in the year before the homicide. (theconversation.com)
  • Men who killed other men were much more likely to have had problems with alcohol and/or drugs in the year before the homicide. (theconversation.com)
  • Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to contact Detective J. Trainer of the Arlington County Police Department's Homicide/Robbery Unit at 703-228-4185 or [email protected] . (arlingtonva.us)
  • Published by Sage Publications and sponsored by the Homicide Research Working Group, Homicide Studies is a high-quality, multidisciplinary publication devoted to the dissemination of information concerning research, public policy, and applied knowledge pertinent to the study of homicide. (hrwg1991.org)
  • The study was motivated by the 2014 police killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Laquan McDonald in Chicago. (scienceblog.com)
  • These killings may seem unrelated - but they are only a few recent examples of the kind of crime that demonstrates a surprising link between homicide and inequality. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • The LAPD's 77 t h Street Division saw a 59% increase in gang-related homicides (16 more killings) compared with 2013, which Beck attributed to a couple of "strong gang conflicts. (latimes.com)
  • Logistic regression was used to identify factors that were differentially associated with homicide and suicide. (cdc.gov)
  • It is true, of course, that our regression equations explain homicides (and shooting crimes) by using stop and frisk as an explanatory variable. (reason.com)
  • A June 16, 2015, letter sent to ICE's assistant secretary doesn't cite a specific number of homicides that could have been avoided, but more broadly said 121 criminals who were not deported were charged with homicides after their release from ICE custody between fiscal years 2010 and 2014. (politifact.com)
  • In fact, the study found that homicide during pregnancy "exceeded all the leading causes of maternal mortality. (liveaction.org)
  • One officer, Randy Roedema, was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault. (wkrg.com)
  • A recent study has found 1 in 20 people in the U.S. who contracted COVID-19 used non-evidence based treatment, such as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, due to beliefs in vaccine-related misinformation. (ctvnews.ca)
  • We found no evidence that homicides are reduced where there are more concealed carry licenses," said Semenza. (chengsdkj.com)
  • We found that DHS has not done a study on this issue. (politifact.com)
  • Smaller studies investigating a possible link between talcum powder and cancer have had conflicting results, though most found no connection. (cbs42.com)
  • We used the Danish national registers from 1973 to 2007 to study homicide risk between children whose parents were previously admitted to a psychiatric hospital, including diagnosis-specific analyses, versus their unexposed counterparts. (psychiatrist.com)
  • It seems that certain cultural elements associated to traditional masculinity and enhanced anger tend to promote negative personality traits and increase one's propensity toward committing homicide. (frontiersin.org)
  • It links Stand Your Ground legislation to an increase in homicides in the country. (wpsu.org)
  • DEAN RIECK: We're not trying to empower criminals, and we're not trying to, you know, increase homicides or encourage vigilantism or anything like that. (wpsu.org)
  • Our paper argued that the causal mechanism was likely an ACLU consent decree with the Chicago Police Department, which led to a sharp decline in stop and frisks-and, we believe, a consequent sharp increase in homicides (and other shooting crimes). (reason.com)
  • Studies have reported that there has been an increase of 2 - 5% suicide or homicide were associated with non-HDL cholesterol in the annual incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) worldwide. (who.int)