Abstracts

Researchers from the Center for Homicide Research are frequent presenters and authors of papers on various subjects regarding homicide, gay homicide, and criminology.  Below is a short list of recent abstracts submitted for publication and presentation:

Arson-Associated Homicides in Chicago: 1965 - 1995

Arson Homicides in Chicago:  Searching for Glitter in Ash

Characteristics of Robbery in Homosexual Homicides

Crime in an Emergent Community: A Study in GLBT Social Disorganization

Crime Scene Message Construction:  Exploring Offender Use of Symbolic Interaction in Homicide Incident Communication

Crime Scene Message Construction:  Exploring Offender Use of Symbolic Interaction in Homicide Incident Communication

Data-set Construction in Homosexual Homicide Cases:  Shedding the Political Issue of Motive

Instrumental Gain or Expressive Rage: Characteristics of Robbery in Homosexual Homicides

Lost and Found: Analyzing Identified Cases of Homosexual Homicide in Support of a Strategic Search

Perceptions and Procedure: A Quantitative Analysis of Gay Homicide Case Solvability for the City of Minneapolis (1989–1999)

 

Works in Progress

	Missing Victim Homicides
	Intimate-Partner Homicide
	Fairness in Sentencing
	Knife Weapon Homicide
	Street Crime Communication Systems
	Crime Scene Staging
	Male Prostitution and Homicide
	Solvability of Homosexual Homicide
	Gang and Drug Homicide