Homicide Studies
Overview
Homicide Studies is a scholarly journal dedicated to the comprehensive examination of homicide, its causes, consequences, and prevention strategies. This interdisciplinary publication features rigorous research articles, theoretical discussions, and empirical studies, providing valuable insights into the complex nature of homicide and its impact on individuals, communities, and society as a whole.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Homicide Stud
Start
1997
End
Continuing
Frequency
Quarterly
p-ISSN
1088-7679
e-ISSN
1552-6720
Country
United States
Language
English
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 6817
54
SJR / Ranks: 10198
412
CiteScore / Ranks: 7822
3.40
Recent Articles
1.
Pizarro J, Messing J, AbiNader M, Zeoli A, Spearman K, Campbell J
Homicide Stud
. 2024 Sep;
27(4):454-471.
PMID: 39268013
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and intimate partner homicide (IPH) are complex global problems. Transdisciplinary research approaches offer the potential to increase the understanding of these events and inform best practices...
2.
Boyd C, Sutton D, Dawson M, Zecha A, Poon J, Straatman A, et al.
Homicide Stud
. 2024 Apr;
28(2):151-170.
PMID: 38618556
Familicide is rare; however, the high victim counts in each incident and context surrounding these killings underscore the need for further research. The purpose of this study is to gain...
3.
Tostlebe J, Pyrooz D, Rogers R, Masters R
Homicide Stud
. 2021 Jun;
25(1):5-36.
PMID: 34168424
Criminologists largely rely on national de-identified data sources to study homicide in the United States. The National Death Index (NDI), a comprehensive and well-established database compiled by the National Center...
4.
Myers W, Hall R, Tolou-Shams M
Homicide Stud
. 2020 Jul;
17(3):314-328.
PMID: 32724294
This study surveyed malingering prevalence in pretrial homicide defendants and assessed the usefulness of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Rey 15-Item Memory Test (FIT) in detecting malingering among...
5.
Tuttle J, McCall P, Land K
Homicide Stud
. 2019 Jul;
22(4):343-369.
PMID: 31327916
Relative to studies of U.S. homicide trends, few have investigated cross-national trends. We explore hidden heterogeneity across a sample of 82 nations between 1980 and 2010, and examine (a) what...
6.
Liem M, van Buuren J, de Roy van Zuijdewijn J, Schonberger H, Bakker E
Homicide Stud
. 2018 Nov;
22(1):45-69.
PMID: 30443150
The term "Lone Actor" has been applied to a variety of violent individuals who are thought to act out of ideological motivations using terrorist tactics. So far, much of the...
7.
Storer H, Lindhorst T, Starr K
Homicide Stud
. 2015 Mar;
17(4):418-435.
PMID: 25741174
Domestic Violence Fatality Review (DVFR) teams are a means of identifying systems' gaps in the coordinated response to domestic violence. While the number of homicide reviews has grown, little is...
8.
Feldmeyer B, Steffensmeier D
Homicide Stud
. 2015 Jan;
17(2):204-223.
PMID: 25598653
In this report, we assess total and race/ethnicity-disaggregated patterns and temporal trends in elderly homicide (age 55-74) compared with younger age groups for the 1985-to-2009 period. To do this, we...
9.
Chavez J, Griffiths E
Homicide Stud
. 2013 Nov;
13(3).
PMID: 24222722
Social disorganization is the dominant framework linking neighborhood patterns of immigration to local rates of crime and violence despite inconsistent findings and evidence to the contrary. Using tract-level census data...
10.
Outwater A, Campbell J, Mgaya E
Homicide Stud
. 2013 Oct;
15(3):253-267.
PMID: 24130432
A foundational implementation of the WHO/CDC Injury Surveillance Guidelines was conducted in Dar es Salaam region of the United Republic of Tanzania in 2005. The Guidelines were adapted to gather...