Investigators recently set out to consider whether homicides involving social networking sites were unique and worthy of labels such as 'Facebook Murder', and to explore the ways in which perpetrators had used such sites ...
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Editor's note: This article contains content around violence and racism that may be upsetting for some readers.
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A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data for 2021 reveals another record year for firearm fatalities.
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Jun 7, 2023
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In a groundbreaking study, research carried out between the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the University of Lausanne (UNIL, Switzerland) has compiled data on homicide victims in Spain, disaggregated by gender, ...
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Feb 6, 2020
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Out of the 536 women who were killed from 1992-2016 in Denmark, 300 were killed by their partner. This figure corresponds to 57 per cent of all homicides with female victims.
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Sep 16, 2019
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De-prosecution, a discretionary decision not to prosecute certain criminal offenses regardless of the evidence, has become an increasingly popular criminal justice strategy in the United States. A new study examined whether ...
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Jul 11, 2022
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When Americans begin routinely complaining about how they hate their government and don't trust their leaders, it may be time to look warily at the homicide rate.
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Dec 1, 2009
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Hiring more black police officers is not a viable strategy for reducing police-involved homicides of black citizens in most cities, according to new Indiana University research that is the first in-depth study of this increasingly ...
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Feb 21, 2017
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Murderers who committed homicide during robberies are more likely to commit crimes again when they are paroled, compared to murderers who committed homicide under other circumstances, according to research from North Carolina ...
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Feb 3, 2014
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Most homicides committed by women are motivated by either gain or love, a new analysis of homicide motives matched with certain victim and offender characteristics has found.
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