+ Homicide victim/offender relationship in Florida medical examiner district 8
- Author:
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Drawdy SM / Myers WC
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Homicide, State
- Keywords:
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Florida, HOMICIDE, Injury, motive
The authors examined the association between victim-offender relationship and three homicide variables: motive, weapon choice, and number of injuries inflicted, using medical examiner’s reports for intentional...
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+ COMMUNITIES, STREET GUNS AND HOMICIDE TRAJECTORIES IN CHICAGO, 1980-1995: MERGING METHODS FOR EXAMINING HOMICIDE TRENDS ACROSS SPACE AND TIME
- Author:
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Griffiths E / Chavez JM
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Criminology
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Local, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Chicago, HOMICIDE, Violence, methodology
The authors use two techniques for data analysis, i.e. Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis and a group-based trajectory procedure, to classify the prevalence of violence in Chicago communities, using data...
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+ Guns and drugs: Case studies on the principled limits of the criminal sanction
- Author:
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Husak DN
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Law and Philosophy
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Legislation and Policy, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Legislation, criminalization, drug, policy
The author argues against the use of criminal law to reduce the risk of harm from guns or drugs. He describes overcriminalization in the case of offenses designed to prevent the risk of harm rather than...
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