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European Homicide Research Group
Type
fundamental research project
Start Date
01 January 2015
End Date
01 January 2025
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)
Member contributor(s)
Funder(s)
Topic(s)
Homicide
Criminal Law
Criminology
International Research
Method(s)
Statistical Analysis
International Comparison
Range
HSG + other universities
Range (De)
HSG + andere
Division(s)
Eprints ID
245127
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PublicationHomicide and Suicide in Switzerland over twenty years (1980-2004): A study based on forensic medicine, police and court filesReport to the Swiss National Science FoundationType: work reportIssue: 101312-104167/1
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PublicationHomicide in Switzerland(Springer New York, 2012)
;Liem, MariekePridemore, William AlexThe 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 sectionVolume: 1., st Edition.Scopus© Citations 13 -
PublicationHomicide-Suicide and other violent deaths: an international comparison(Elsevier, 2011-04)
;Liem, Marieke ;Barber, CatherineNieuwbeerta, PaulHomicides 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 articleJournal: Forensic Science InternationalVolume: 207Issue: 1-3Scopus© Citations 89