| Description |
xxiv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Research and public policy series / Australian Institute of Criminology, 1326-6004 ; no. 28 |
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Research and public policy series ; no. 28
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Homicide in Australia: a brief overview -- Incident characteristics -- Victim characteristics -- Offender characteristics -- Victim-offender relationships -- Homicide in the course of other crime -- Homicide in the course of robbery -- Nature of robbery-homicide -- Homicide in the course of sexual assault -- The nature of sexual assault followed by homicide -- Mass and serial murders in Australia -- Homicidal encounters -- Males killing males - scenarios of masculine violence -- Homicidal intimates -- Homicidal women -- The killing of children -- Homicidal children -- Elderly homicide -- Concluding discussion: preventing homicidal encounters - directions for the new millennium -- Preventing males killing males -- Preventing intimate partner homicide - victimisation and offending -- Preventing child homicide -- Preventing elderly homicide -- Preventing children killing -- Concluding comments |
| Summary |
Mouzos analyses Australian homicide data, using information collected by the National Homicide Monitoring Program for the period 1989 to 1999. The main elements of homicide - the characteristics of the incident, victim, offender, and victim-offender relationship - are analysed. Chapters cover homicide in the course of other crime, mass and serial murders, male to male homicide, partner homicide, homicidal women, infanticide, homicidal children, elderly homicide, and the prevention of homicide |
| Analysis |
Aborigines |
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Domestic violence |
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Federal issue |
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Homicide |
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State issue |
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Statistical sources |
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Trends to 2000 |
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Victims |
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Victims of crime |
| Notes |
ANALYTIC |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 199-217 |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web |
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Australian Institute of Criminology 2000 |
| Subject |
Homicide -- Research -- Australia.
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Homicide -- Australia -- Statistics.
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| Author |
Australian Institute of Criminology.
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| LC no. |
2001339273 |
| ISBN |
0642241651 |
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9780642241658 |
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