Download or read book Homicide and Older People in Australia written by Carlos Carcach and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Australian Criminology written by Adam Graycar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-20 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the complete reference work on Australian criminology.
Download or read book Preventing Crime Against Older Australians written by Marianne Pinkerton James and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1970s, there has been an increase in concern about older people as victims of crime. This report shows that older people are at risk from a number of sources, including: family members and friends; strangers; commercial organisations; or carers. When understanding and responding to crime and older people there are, therefore, three issues which need to be discussed. These are: crime and abuse; fear of crime; and risk assessment and strategic partnership. This report summarises the important issues under debate, suggests ways of moving these debates forward, and reports on activities and programs around Australia which attempt to address the perceived problem of crime and older people.
Download or read book Youth as Victims and Offenders of Homicide written by Carlos Carcach and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research suggests that homicides involving youth differ in many respects from those involving older persons. This paper attempts to uncover the main factors associated with youth involvement in homicide by analysing the characteristics of victims, offen ders and the relations between them. It compares youth and older people's involvement in homicide.
Download or read book Family Homicide in Australia written by Jenny Mouzos and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the different circumstances and characteristics of family homicide in Australia over a 13-year period. Identification of the differences between the various types of family homicide has important policy implications and highlights the need for specific prevention strategies to target these homicides.
Download or read book A Safe and Secure Environment for Older Australians written by Marianne Pinkerton James and published by National Gallery of Australia. This book was released on 2003 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report outlines the relationship between older Australians, crime, crime prevention and fear of crime. It discusses the risks for older Australians of becoming victim to various types of crime, and finds that older people in Australia are far less likely to be victims of crime than people in other age groups. The report recommends targeting strategies both to prevent victimisation and to counter older people's fears about becoming a victim of crime, as such fearfulness can potentially limit quality of life and lead to social isolation. These strategies are best implemented at a local government level, as part of a community safety strategy, and in partnership with other key agencies and stakeholders.
Download or read book Homicide written by Wayne Petherick and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homicide examines the incidence and prevalence of homicide in major western nations, covering the biological, psychological and social roots of homicide from genetic and evolutionary perspectives, but also considering emotions and the influence of peers. Different types of homicide are discussed, with final chapters covering tactics for investigation and homicide prevention. Students and instructors in the areas of forensic science, sociology, criminology, psychology, psychiatry, justice and criminal justice at the university level will find this book to be a comprehensive resource, as will those researching homicide and related topics. Provides an up-to-date examination of homicide, including rates, causes and responses to from an international point-of-view Includes multiple homicide types (serial, spree and mass), ideological homicide, and domestic and sexual homicide, amongst others Uses historical and current research and theory on homicide from around the world
Download or read book Homicide written by Bal K. Jerath and published by Vkj Books International Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is an indispensable tool for scholars interested in homicide and related issues such as capital punishment". - David Lester, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. "It is the most complete compendium of homicide research I have every seen." - J. Reid Meloy, Ph.D., Assoc. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego. "This book is a very worthwhile one to have for anyone who is seriously interested in learning more about the field of homicide." - Kathleen M. Heide, Ph.D., University of South Florida, Tampa, Professor of Criminology." ..should be of particular interest to colleges and universities with studies in this respect of the social, psychological criminal, and health sciences." - Lyn Dennison, M. L. AHIP, Assistant Director for Library Operations, Greenblatt Library, Medical College of Georgia." ..a peerless compendium of the latest research on homicide." "I recommend this work to anyone who is involved in study of homicide." - Wade C. Meyers, M.D., Associate Professor and Chief Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Departments of Psychiatry, University of Florida." ..acquisition of this remarkable reference is highly recommended to schools, colleges and public libraries." - Docteur Michel Benezech, Chef de Service, Ancien Professeur Associe en Medecine Legal, Professeur Associe de Droit Prive, a l'Universite de Bordeau IV."Homicide, A Bibliography is a valuable book for everyone involved with teaching and research in the field of forensic sciences." - Niuvanniemen Sairaala, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Kuapia, Niuvanniemen Hospital, FIN 70240, Kuopia, Finland.
Download or read book The Handbook of Homicide written by Fiona Brookman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Homicide presents a series of original essays by renowned authors from around the world, reflecting the latest scholarship on the nature, causes, and patterns of homicide, as well as policies and practices for its investigation and prevention. Includes comprehensive coverage of the complex phenomenon of homicide and its various forms Features original contributions from an esteemed team of global experts and scholars with chapters highlighting the authors’ original research Represents the first internationally-focused collection of the latest research on the nature and causes of homicide Covers both the causes and dynamics of homicide, as well as policies and practices intended to address it
Download or read book Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meetings 1997 and 1998 written by Homicide Research Working Group. Workshop and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Homicidal Encounters written by Jenny Mouzos and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Australian Murders written by Jim Main and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The elderly man's body had been horribly mutilated, shocking even the most hardened police officers. It is just one case presented in this encyclopedia of Australian murder, along with the case of the woman's limbs found in Melbourne's Yarra River, the case of the body dumped in a wheelie bin and the extraordinary situation in which police sift through ash to find fragments of human bone.There are murders from the colonial era, starting with the convict who turned cannibal, right up to the modern era, including the case of the Melbourne man who used a cross-bow to kill his wife and daughter. There are famous murders from every decade, including the Pyjama Girl case, the Graeme Thorne kidnapping and the infamous Anita Cobby rape and murder.This is a chronology of Australian murder, gruesome yet fascinating, featuring more than 200 cases, from axe killings to poison and even death by fire. There are bodies buried in back yards and even a case of a body largely dissolved by acid. Do not read alone in the dark.
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Homicide Studies written by Kyle A. Burgason and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-02-28 with total page 901 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Homicide Studies comprehensively examines the topic of homicide from a diverse collection of perspectives and backgrounds. It brings together original contributions on homicide, with a focus on the broad range of impacts of homicide from a multitude of disciplines that evaluate and examine homicide in actual practice and theory. The editors have assembled a comprehensive collection highlighting the multifaceted causes and ramifications of homicide both across the United States and globally, with chapters exploring the current state of homicide, typologies of homicides offenders, causes and correlates of homicide, homicides and the criminal justice system, and a professional observations chapters authored by some of the leading practicing professionals in the world, many of whom have made pivotal contributions to the evaluation and investigation of homicide offenders and cases. Providing state-of-the-art scholarship on homicide in modern society, this handbook is a key collection and an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners engaged in the study of homicide across a diverse range of disciplines, including criminal justice and criminology, psychology, sociology, forensics, interdisciplinary departments, and sociolegal studies.
Download or read book Fatal Family Violence and the Dementias written by Neil Websdale and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores dementia-related aggression, violence, and homicide through a detailed analysis of “gray mist killings.” The term gray mist killing refers to intimate partner homicides (IPHs) committed by spouses/partners suffering from dementia, homicides of dementia sufferers committed by their caregiving spouses/partners or other family members, and IPHs attributable to the complications of caring for a co-resident family member suffering from dementia. Killings by people with dementia raise questions about the role of biological, psychological, and sociological forces. This book therefore encourages discussions around the relative weighting of these interrelated forces, and why the criminal justice system and the courts have a hard time handling these killings. It also adds to our understanding of the social responses to people with dementia, the orchestration of services, the nature of caring, and the interaction between sufferers and those familial, community, and state actors that provide support and care. The vividly detailed case studies (from the US, UK and Australia) uniquely inform criminological debates about violence, homicide, and the social responses to these complex phenomena. They are organized around the apparent motives for the killing, such as mercy, theft, prior intimate partner violence, mental illness, and exhaustion. The social responses of families, communities, and state actors are examined and contextualized against what researchers and dementia specialists suggest are promising or best practices for intervention. Apparent triggers or circumstantial precipitants for the killings invite discussion of signals, risks, and preventive interventions. The book culminates in an attempt to make sense of gray mist killings, as well as a discussion of broader implications and significance in relation to globalization, violence against women, the rising prevalence of the dementias, declining birthrates, climate change, and sustainable economic development. Drawing from a variety of disciplines, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, gender studies, social work, law, public policy, and gerontology. It should also appeal to judges, prosecutors, lawyers, social workers, gerontologists, law enforcement, adult protective services, physicians, psychologists, and psychiatrists.
Download or read book Homicide Gender and Responsibility written by Kate Fitz-Gibbon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crime of homicide has long animated academic debate, community concern and political attention. The discussion has often centered on the perceived (in)adequacy of legal responses to homicide, questions of culpability, and divergent representations of victims and offenders. Within this, notions of gender, responsibility and justice are pivotal. This edited collection builds on existing scholarship by examining these concerns not only in the context of the ‘private’ world of domestic murder but also in the more ‘public’ world of the state, the corporation, war, and genocide. In so doing this book draws from key frameworks of criminological thought, legal analysis and empirical evidence to critically examine the relationship between homicide, gender and responsibility. Bringing together leading international criminology and legal scholars, this collection provides a unique contribution to the academic and policy engagement with what is, more often than not, an ordinary and mundane crime. Analysing the crime in a variety of different social contexts alongside an in-depth and critical analysis of the interconnections between the ordinary act of lethal violence, gender and notions of responsibility, this book will be of interest to students, scholars and policymakers working in criminology and socio-legal studies.
Download or read book Primary Care Mental Health in Older People written by Carlos Augusto de Mendonça Lima and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical resource that will support the delivery of holistic mental health interventions in the primary and community care setting for older people. Primary care delivery is discussed in relation to both functional mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, and psychotic and personality disorders, and acquired organic mental disorders of old age, such as dementia, cognitive impairments, and delirium. Careful consideration is paid to the complex relationship between mental and somatic health problems, as well as the impacts of multimorbidity and polypharmacy. Further topics include, for example, epidemiology, wider determinants of health, different care models, history taking, neurocognitive and capacity assessment, and pharmacological, psychological, and physical interventions. The wider goals of the book are to support the development of community resilience and self-care in older people; to promote universal access and equity for older people in order to enable them to achieve or recover the highest attainable standard of health, regardless of age, gender, or social position; and to promote pathways to care for older people with mental health problems respecting their autonomy, independence, human rights, and the importance of the life-course approach. This book will be an invaluable resource for all professionals who work with older adults with mental health problems and those training in these fields including physicians, psychiatrists, family doctors, geriatricians, general practitioners, nurses, psychologists, neurologists, occupational therapists, social workers, support workers and community health and social care workers.
Download or read book Indigenous and Non Indigenous Homicide in Australia written by Tracy Cussen and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper compares the characteristics of homicides in Australia for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people over the last 2 decades. For homicides where either the victim or offender are Indigenous or non-Indigenous people, information is provided on: distribution of homicide incidents, incident characteristics and location, relationship between offender and victim, prescence of alcohol, cause of death, and age and gender of victims and offenders. Data is taken from the National Homicide Monitoring Program for the period 1 July 1989 to 30 June 2012.
