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Homicide and Murder
Homicide and murder are the most egregious and feared violent crimes. This entry begins by defining the various types of homicide and murder. The prevalence, victim and offender characteristics, and risk factors are also explored. Murders with multiple victims, such as ...
- Business Prevention Actions
- Civil Justice System
- Correlates of Victimization
- Age and Victimization
- Correlates of Victimization
- Gangs and Victimization
- Guns and Victimization
- Immigration and Victimization
- Juvenile Offending and Victimization
- Mental Illness and Victimization
- Offending and Victimization
- Peer Networks and Victimization
- Race/Ethnicity and Victimization
- Sex and Victimization
- Sexual Orientation and Victimization
- Substance Use and Victimization
- Substance Use and Violence Against Women
- Courts: Alternative Remedies
- Courts: Law and Justice
- Court Advocates
- Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children
- Defendants' Rights Versus Victims' Rights
- Dispute Resolution
- Domestic Violence/Family Violence Courts
- Electronic Monitoring
- Expert Testimony and Forensic Evidence
- In-Camera Proceedings
- Innocence Projects
- Landmark Victim-Related Court Cases, Federal, United States
- Landmark Victim-Related Court Cases, International
- Rape and Consent Issues
- Repressed/Recovered Memories
- Restitution
- Victim Compensation
- Victim Impact Statements
- Witness Assistance Programs
- Crime Prevention
- Closed-Circuit Television
- Crime Prevention
- Crime Prevention Initiatives, International
- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
- Crime Prevention, Domains of
- Crime Prevention: Micro, Meso, and Macro Levels
- Defensible Space
- Detached Youth Work Initiatives
- Deterrence
- Developmental and Social Crime Prevention
- Diffusion of Benefits
- Displacement
- Early Education Programming
- Electronic Monitoring
- Family Nurturing Programs
- Future of Crime Prevention
- Lighting
- Multisystemic Therapy
- Pathways to Prevention
- Product Design: Concealable, Removable, Available, Valuable, Enjoyable, and Disposable (CRAVED), and Value, Inertia, Visibility, and Access (VIVA)
- Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS)
- Property Marking/Operation Identification
- Situational Crime Prevention
- Situational Crime Prevention, Critiques of
- Crime Prevention Partnerships
- Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS)
- Crime and Disorder Act
- Crime Prevention Partnerships, International
- Crime Prevention Partnerships, United States
- Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
- Operation Ceasefire/Pulling Levers
- Project Safe Neighborhoods
- Reducing Burglary Initiative
- Safer Cities Program
- Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI)
- Criminal Justice System
- Community Policing
- Correction Officials and Victims
- Court Advocates
- Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children
- Defendants' Rights Versus Victims' Rights
- Domestic Violence and Arrest Policy
- Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team
- Domestic Violence/Family Violence Courts
- Double Victimization
- Electronic Monitoring
- In-Camera Proceedings
- Innocence Projects
- Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment and Replication
- Police and Victims
- Police Crime Prevention Units
- Probation/Parole and Victims
- Problem-Oriented Policing
- Protection/Restraining Orders
- Rape Law Reform
- Rape Shield Laws
- Reassurance Policing
- Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment (SARA)
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
- Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)
- Victim Impact Statements
- Victim-Witness Projects
- Witness Assistance Programs
- Fear of Crime
- Individual Protection Actions
- Interventions and Intervention Programs for Victim and Offender
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Interventions for
- Cognitive—Behavioral Therapy
- Couples Therapy
- Drug Use Forecasting/Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring
- Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Interventions for
- Exploitation by Scams, Interventions for
- Family Therapy
- Medical and Mental Health Services
- Multisystemic Therapy
- Offender-Based Programs
- Parents Anonymous
- Pathways to Prevention
- Rape Crisis Centers
- Substance Abuse, Prevention of
- Substance Abuse, Treatment of
- Treating Rapists/Sex Offenders
- Treating Violent Offenders
- Women's Shelters/Help Lines
- Workplace Violence and Bullying, Interventions for
- Youth Violence, Interventions for
- Intrafamilial Offenses
- Abuse, Ritual Child
- Abuse, Sibling
- Abuse, Spouse
- Child Abuse, Identification of
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence and Arrest Policy
- Domestic Violence, Committed by Police and Military Personnel
- Domestic Violence, Same-Sex
- Domestic Violence/Family Violence Courts
- Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment
- Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Institutional
- Family Violence
- Incest
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Male Victims of Partner Violence
- Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment and Replication
- Mutual Battery
- Parents Anonymous
- Protection/Restraining Orders
- Rape
- Rape, Acquaintance and Date
- Rape, Marital
- Repressed/Recovered Memories
- Legislation and Statutes
- AMBER Alert
- Brady Bill
- Central Registry
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Mandatory Reporting
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Statutory Responses
- Child Protective Services
- College and University Campus Legislation, Federal
- College and University Campus Legislation, State
- Compulsory HIV Testing
- Crime and Disorder Act
- Crime Victims Fund
- Domestic Violence and Arrest Policy
- Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Statutory Responses
- Hate and Bias Crime, Statutory Responses
- Lautenberg Amendment
- Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)
- Mandatory Reporting Statutes
- Medical Examiner Response Team (MERT)
- Megan's Law
- President's Crime Commission Report, 1967
- President's Task Force on Victims of Crime, 1982
- Rape Law Reform
- Rape Shield Laws
- Son of Sam Laws
- Stalking Laws
- Victims' Rights Legislation, Federal, United States
- Victims' Rights Legislation, International
- Victims' Rights Movement, International
- Victims' Rights Movement, United States
- Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and Subsequent Revisions
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
- Media and Crime Prevention
- Methodology
- Cognitive Mapping
- Compstat
- Cost-Benefit Analysis and Crime Prevention
- Crime Mapping
- Crime Science
- Diffusion of Benefits
- Displacement
- Hot Spots of Fear
- Meta-Analysis
- Methodological Issues in Counting Victims
- Methodological Issues in Evaluating Effectiveness of Crime Prevention
- Prospective Crime Mapping
- Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment (SARA)
- Victimization Surveys
- Virtual Repeats and Near Repeats
- Offenses, Special Topics
- Child Pornography and Sexual Exploitation
- Corporal Punishment
- Cyber and Internet Offenses
- Cyberstalking
- Dating Violence
- Disabilities, Victimization of Individuals With
- Exploitation by Scams
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals, Victimization of
- Hate and Bias Crime
- Homeless, Violence Against
- Human Trafficking
- Internet Fraud
- Mass Murder and Suicides in Cults
- Occupational Violence
- Prison Violence
- Psychological/Emotional Abuse
- Rape, Prison
- Rural Crime
- Secondary Victims of Homicide
- Sports Violence
- Terrorism/Terror Attack
- Tourist Criminal Victimization
- Victimless Crimes
- Victims of Police Use of Deadly Force
- War Crimes
- Women's Use of Aggression
- Official Crime Data
- Personal Offenses
- Assault: Simple and Aggravated
- Bullying
- Femicide
- Football Hooliganism
- Homicide and Murder
- Homicide, Children and Youth
- Human Trafficking
- Infanticide
- Kidnapping
- Mass Murder and Suicides in Cults
- Missing, Exploited, and Murdered Children
- Parricide
- Pedophilia
- Protection/Restraining Orders
- Rape and Consent Issues
- Robbery
- Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence
- Serial Murder
- Sexual Harassment
- Sexual Victimization
- Sports Violence
- Stalkers, Types of
- Stalking
- Victims of Police Use of Deadly Force
- Property Offenses
- Arson/Firesetting
- Bank and Cash-in-Transit Robbery
- Burglary
- Carjacking
- Corporate Crime
- Health Care Fraud
- Identity Theft
- Internet Fraud
- Larceny/Theft
- Motor Vehicle Theft
- Product Design: Concealable, Removable, Available, Valuable, Enjoyable, and Disposable (CRAVED), and Value, Inertia, Visibility, and Access (VIVA)
- Property Marking/Operation Identification
- Tourist Criminal Victimization
- Vandalism
- White-Collar Crime
- Psychological, Mental, and Physical Health Issues
- Battered Woman Syndrome
- Battered-Child Syndrome
- Compassion Fatigue
- Compulsory HIV Testing
- Crisis Reaction Repair Cycle
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
- Physical Health Consequences of Victimization
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Psychological and Behavioral Consequences of Victimization
- Rape Trauma Syndrome
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Sexual Victimization
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Stockholm Syndrome
- Victim Service Providers, Training of
- Residential Community Crime Prevention
- Citizen Patrols
- Community Antidrug Programs
- Community Policing
- Crime and Disorder Act
- Kirkholt Burglary Prevention Project
- Neighborhood Watch Programs
- New Deal for Communities
- Problem-Oriented Policing
- Reducing Burglary Initiative
- Safer Cities Program
- Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI)
- Vigilantism
- School and Workplace Offenses
- Campus Crime, College and University
- Campus Policing and Security
- Occupational Violence
- School Crimes, Elementary Through High School
- School Shootings
- School Teachers/Staff, Victimization of
- School Violence
- Small Businesses, Victimization Against and Within
- Third-Party Lawsuits
- Third-Party Policing
- Workplace Bullying and Psychological Aggression
- Workplace Violence and Bullying, Interventions for
- Workplace Violence, International Perspective
- Workplace Violence, Prevention and Security
- Workplace Violence, Training and Education
- Workplace Violence, United States
- Workplace, Domestic Violence in the
- School-Based Crime Prevention
- Alternative Schools
- Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
- Early Education Programming
- Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
- Perry Preschool Project
- Project PATHE
- Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS)
- Resolving Conflict Creatively Program
- School-Based Bullying Prevention
- School-Based Violence Programs, International
- School-Based Violence Programs, United States
- Services and Treatment for Victims
- Adult Protective Services
- Bereavement Process
- Child Death Review Team
- Child Protective Services
- Crime Victims Fund
- Death Notification
- Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team
- Homicide, Victim Advocacy Groups
- Medical Examiner Response Team (MERT)
- Police Fatality Review Teams
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
- Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)
- Survivor Patterns
- Victim Assistance by Faith-Based Organizations
- Victim Assistance Programs, International
- Victim Assistance Programs, United States
- Victim Service Providers, Training of
- Victim Support Groups
- Women's Shelters/Help Lines
- Theory
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Theories of
- Conjunction of Criminal Opportunity Theory
- Crime Pattern Theory
- Cycle of Violence, Theory of
- Early Victimization Theories
- Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Theories of
- Family and Domestic Violence, Theories of
- Hot Spots
- Incivilities/Social Disorder
- Intimate Partner Violence, Theories of
- Journey to Crime
- Lifestyle Theory
- Rape, Theories of
- Rational Choice Theory
- Reintegrative Shaming
- Repeat Victimization, Theories of
- Risk and Protective Factors and Resiliency
- Routine Activities Theory
- School-Based Theories of Delinquency
- Shadow of Sexual Assault Hypothesis
- Situational Action Theory
- Social Control and Self-Control Theory
- Structural Choice Theory
- Victim Precipitation
- Victimization, Theories of
- Violence, Theories of
- Victimization Scales and Surveys
- British Crime Survey (BCS)
- Calculating Extent of Victimization: Incidence, Prevalence, and Rates
- Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Measurement of
- Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS/CTS2)
- Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Measurement of
- Fear of Crime, Measurement of
- International Crime Victimization Survey (ICVS)
- International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS)
- Intimate Partner Violence, Risk Assessment
- National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
- National Crime Victimization Survey, Supplements
- National Victimization Against College Women Surveys
- National Violence Against Women Survey (NVAWS)
- Perceptions of Dangerous Situations Scale
- Psychological/Emotional Abuse, Measurement of
- Rape and Sexual Victimization, Measurement of
- Repeat Victimization
- Revictimization
- Severity of Violence Against Women Scales/Severity of Violence Against Men Scales, Measurement of
- Sexual Harassment, Measurement of
- Stalking, Measurement of
- Threat Assessment
- Victimization Surveys
- Virtual Repeats and Near Repeats
- Victimology
- Comparative Victimology
- Contextual Effects on Victimization
- Co-Occurrence of Victimization
- Critical Victimology
- Developmental and Social Victimization
- Developmental Victimology
- Economic Costs of Victimization
- Feminist Victimology
- Future of Victimology
- Homicide, Victim-Precipitated
- Politics and Victims
- Public Perceptions of Victims
- Rape Myths
- Rape, Victim-Precipitated
- Repeat Victimization
- Revictimization
- Vicarious Victimization
- Victim Blaming
- Victim Precipitation
- Victimology
- Virtual Repeats and Near Repeats
- Youth-Focused Crime Prevention
- Detached Youth Work Initiatives
- Family Nurturing Programs
- Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
- Peer Counseling
- Peer Mediation
- Perry Preschool Project
- School-Based Bullying Prevention
- Seattle Social Development Project
- Teen Dating Violence Prevention
- Youth Centers
- Youth Crime Prevention Initiatives, International
- Youth Crime Prevention Initiatives, United States
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