The Handbook of Homicide

The Handbook of Homicide, 1st Edition, provides an internationally focused examination of lethal violence and criminal justice responses. The handbook brings together original scholarship on the nature, origins, patterns, investigation, and prevention of homicide across the globe.

The volume presents theoretical and empirical insights to explain shifting crime trends and global variations in homicide rates. Contributors assess institutional practices across criminal justice systems, including the investigative methods used by law enforcement agencies and forensic science laboratories to resolve cases.

A core focus of the collection is the study of diverse violent offenses, such as gang homicides, alongside analysis of world regions that receive limited attention in standard criminological literature.