NCJ Number:
166149
Title:
Nature of Homicide: Trends and Changes - Proceedings of the 1996 Meeting of the Homicide Research Working Group, Santa Monica, California
Document:
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Editor(s):
P K Lattimore; C A Nahabedian
Date Published:
1996
Annotation:
The 1996 annual meeting of the Homicide Research Working Group (HRWG) was hosted by the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California, in June 1996 to examine the nature and extent of homicide-related violence.
Abstract:
The first session of the meeting was devoted to past and present goals and activities of the HRWG. Subsequent sessions focused on the integration of lethal violence theories, youth violence trends and geographic variations, the use of firearms in homicides and suicides, and youth violence in California and Minnesota. In addition, meeting participants discussed adult homicide, changing relationships between men and women and the extent of intimate partner homicide, homicide trends in three U.S. cities (Houston, San Antonio, and Miami), urban arrest trends for adult men and women between 1960 and 1993, and determinants of homicide. The meeting also considered efforts of researchers and practitioners to influence social policies related to violence prevention, victimization research, the United Nations International Study on Firearms Regulation, firearms availability, the epidemiology of firearms and homicide, pediatric firearm mortality rates, and parricide. Appendixes contain the meeting agenda and a list of meeting participants. References, tables, and figures
Main Term(s):
Criminology
Index Term(s):
California; Domestic assault; Family homicide; Filial violence; Florida; Geographic distribution of crime; Homicide causes; Homicide trends; Homicide victims; Minnesota; Spouse abuse treatment programs; Suicide; Texas; Victims of violent crime; Violence causes; Violent crimes; Violent juvenile offenders
Sponsoring Agency:
National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Washington, DC 20531 National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Rockville, MD 20849 NCJRS Photocopy Services Rockville, MD 20849-6000 US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub Washington, DC 20531
Corporate Author:
National Institute of Justice (NIJ) US Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs United States of America US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub United States of America
Sale Source:
National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849 United States of America NCJRS Photocopy Services Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 United States of America
Page Count:
242
Type:
Conference Material
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Note:
National Institute of Justice Research Report
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