European Homicide Research Group

European Homicide Research Group

Type

fundamental research project

Start Date

01 January 2015

End Date

01 January 2025

URI

http://www.violenceresearchinitiative.org/ehrg.html

Status

periodic

Keywords

Homicide research

Criminal Law

Criminology

International

Description

The members of the European Homicide Research Group aim to facilitate research on homicide in Erope and maximize international dissemination of homicide research results

Leader contributor(s)

Markwalder, Nora

Killias, Martin

Member contributor(s)

Walser, Simone

Funder(s)

other

Topic(s)

Homicide

Criminal Law

Criminology

International Research

Method(s)

Statistical Analysis

International Comparison

Range

HSG + other universities

Range (De)

HSG + andere

Division(s)

FR - Research Institu...

Eprints ID

245127

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Homicide and Suicide in Switzerland over twenty years (1980-2004): A study based on forensic medicine, police and court files

(SNF, 2009)
Killias, Martin
;
Markwalder, Nora
;
Walser, Simone
;
Dilitz, Carine

Report to the Swiss National Science Foundation

Type: work report

Issue: 101312-104167/1

URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/77037
Firearms and violence in Europe

(Springer, 2011)
Killias, Martin
;
Markwalder, Nora
;
Pridemore, William Alex
;
Liem, Marieke

Type: book section

URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/95171
Robbery Homicide: A Swiss and International Perspective

(Schulthess, 2012)
Markwalder, Nora

Type: book

Issue: 62

URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/92703
Homicide in Switzerland

(Springer New York, 2012)
Markwalder, Nora
;
Killias, Martin
;
Liem, Marieke
;
Pridemore, William Alex

The Swiss chapter on homicide is based on the Swiss Homicide Database (SHD), a nationwide database including premeditated homicidal events in Switzerland between 1980 and 2004. Data are based on autopsy registries from legal medicine institutes and completed by police and court files. The database constitutes a full sample of homicide events in Switzerland for the years 1991–2004, and a partial sample for the years 1980–1990. Information on offender and victim characteristics, circumstances of the homicide as well as legal consequences of the offence are included. Homicide in Switzerland mainly occurs within sentimental partnerships or the family, followed by disputes between friends or acquaintances. Although homicide rates in Switzerland are relatively low in comparison with other European countries, cases of homicide followed by suicide are unusually frequent. Firearms are the modal weapon used in homicide. Swiss rates of gun homicide are among the highest in Europe. The high prevalence of firearm-related casualties is largely due to wide-spread gun availability in Switzerland. As the Swiss military system requires every male Swiss citizen to serve in the militia and to keep his Army equipment at home, prevalence of gun ownership is higher in Switzerland than in other European countries.

Type: book section

Volume: 1., st Edition.

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0466-8_22

URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/92704

Scopus© Citations 13
Homicide-Suicide and other violent deaths: an international comparison

(Elsevier, 2011-04)
Liem, Marieke
;
Barber, Catherine
;
Markwalder, Nora
;
Killias, Martin
;
Nieuwbeerta, Paul

Homicides followed by the suicide of the perpetrator constitute a serious form of interpersonal violence. Until now no study has directly compared homicide-suicides to other violent deaths from multiple countries, allowing for a better understanding of the nature of these violent acts. Using country-specific data, this study describes and compares the incidence and patterns of homicide-suicide as well as the relationship between homicide-suicide, homicide, suicide and domestic homicide in the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States. The results indicate that cross-nationally, homicide-suicides are more likely than other types of lethal violence to involve a female victim, multiple victims, take place in a residential setting and to be committed by a firearm. Although homicide-suicides display many similarities across the different countries, differences exist regarding age and the use of firearms in the offence. This study indicates that homicides followed by suicides differ from both homicides and suicides in similar ways internationally. Cross-national differences in the availability of firearms may explain the international variation of homicide-suicide rates and patterns.

Type: journal article

Journal: Forensic Science International

Volume: 207

Issue: 1-3

DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.09.003

URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/94346

Scopus© Citations 89

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