The Handbook of Homicide

"The Handbook of Homicide will be an invaluable resource to those interested in understanding the phenomenon in all its diversity and complexity." - Thomas P. Abt, Harvard Kennedy School
 
"Murder, the gravest of human transgressions, and other varities of homicide are treated in exhaustive breadth in this volume. The geographic and topical scope are impressive. There are contributions both fascinationg for scholars of homicide and useful for those charged with keeping it from happening and solving it when it does. How much of cross-national variation in homicide statistics reflects real differences in rates of killing rather than differences in definition and reporting practices? What are the non-legal factors influencing how severely different killings are sactioned? What is corporate homicide? Why is DNA rarely a smoking gun? These, among many other questiosn asked and answered, make this an interesting and valuable collection.' - Joel Wallman, The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation for the Study of Violence