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homicide
homicide In law, killing of a person by another. The various legal definitions depend on the circumstances of the killing. A distinction is made between premeditated murder, murder with some mitigating circumstances (such as when the balance of the killer's mind is temporarily disturbed), justifiable homicide (which may sometimes include mercy-killing or the killing of a suspect by a police officer in a shoot-out), and killing by negligence.
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Homicides among Chicago families: 1870-1930.
Magazine article from: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...these earlier family homicides are different from or...contemporary accounts of family homicide. Any comparison of...definitions of family homicides that are used. One...was able to combine homicides by spouses, lovers...Table 1. In this family homicide approach, spouses may...
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Homicide and medical science: is there a relationship?
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...and, therefore, homicide. Violent crimes that would have been homicides in the past are...wounds homicides" (homicides using guns or knives...the type of homicide relevant for considering...knife-related homicide rose correspondingly...penetrating-wound homicides in Canada was ...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Homicides in county climb back up this year.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 12/31/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Jan. 24. Most homicide victims were between...Hispanics. More homicides occurred on Sundays...Chicago - had the most homicides of any community...Gary Del Re said homicide rates are standing...numbers except in homicides, which are rising," Del Re said. "Homicide rates have always...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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HOMICIDES APPROACHING RECORD.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 11/29/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Cincinnati's homicide total has been substantially...Cincinnati's 66 homicides in 2002 compared...The city's 2002 homicide total also was more...year, and the 26 homicides in Seattle (population...of last year's homicides were drug-related...that this year's homicide total to date ...
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Homicide followed by suicide - Kentucky, 1985-1990.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 9/27/1991; 700+ words
; ...group. The 67 homicide/suicide clusters included 80 homicides; seven clusters involved multiple homicides. In 64 (96%) homicide/suicide clusters...suicide clusters. Homicide/suicide clusters...for 6% of all homicides and 2% of all...
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Homicide trends and characteristics--Brazil, 1980-2002.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 3/5/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...mortality (1,2). Homicide is now the leading...characteristics of homicides countrywide and...age group, the homicide rate was highest...total of 5,719 homicides occurred in Sao...28% of all the homicides that occurred in...has the highest homicide rate (4). Factors...
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Homicides of persons aged less than or equal to 18 years - Fulton County, Georgia, 1988-1992.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 4/15/1994; 700+ words
; ...specific types of homicides (e.g., gang-related homicide [2 ]). This report...epidemiologic study of homicides that occurred among...charged with the homicide. During the 5...FCME certified 141 homicides of persons aged...
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Homicide: A Sourcebook of Social Research.(Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Criminology; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...psychological perspective on homicide. Martin Daly and Margo Wilson * Sources of homicide data: A review and comparison. Marc Riedel * Categorizing homicides: The use of disaggregated data in homicide research. Robert L. Flewelling...
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Homicides among children and young adults--Puerto Rico, 1999-2003.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 4/7/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...years. Of these homicides, 2,148 (93...among males. The homicide rate for males...approximately 64% of all homicide victims. Homicides occurred predominantly...distributions of homicides are likely to differ by type of homicide. Second, death...
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HOMICIDE RATE: HOW BOSTON, OTHER CITIES COMPARE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/9/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...of Boston became homicide victims, a rate...figure of 30.1 homicides per 100,000 black...often cited for homicide in Boston in 1988...police categorized 34 homicides in 1988 as drug...traced the high homicide rate for blacks...The majority of homicides occur in the poor...
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Homicide
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...a form of criminal homicide; other forms of homicide might not constitute criminal acts. These homicides are regarded as justified...for human life. All homicides require the killing...generally not considered a homicide unless the fetus is...
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Homicide, Definitions and Classifications of
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
Homicide, Definitions and Classifications of Early...including English common law, defined homicide as the killing of a human being and included...system evolved, suicide was excluded and homicide became "the killing of one person by...
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Homicide: Behavioral Aspects
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
...BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS Homicide is the killing of...noncriminal. Criminal homicides are generally considered...some coroners as homicides, although now they...considered a criminal homicide or the exercise...that country's homicides for every two...death, including homicide, for each ...
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Homicide: Legal Aspects
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
HOMICIDE: LEGAL ASPECTS Introduction The central theme of the law of homicide is the unique value of human life. While danger...element of many other crimes as well, the law of homicide focuses on it directly, by declaring criminal a...
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Homicide, Epidemiology of
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...certainly holds true for homicide. According to statistics...of male to female homicides was approximately...overrepresented in the homicide category for both...whites to commit homicides and six times more...murdered in 1999. Most homicides are intraracial...percent of white ...
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