Description |
284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Series |
AIC conference proceedings ; no. 17 |
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Conference proceedings / AIC, 1034-5086 ; no. 17 |
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Conference proceedings (Australian Institute of Criminology) ; no. 17
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Contents |
Welcome Address / Duncan Chappell -- Characteristics of Homicide in Australia 1990-91 / Heather Strang -- Preventing Homicide through Trial and Error /Lawrence Sherman -- A Scenario of Masculine Violence: Confrontational Homicide / Kenneth Polk -- Hot Spots for Violence: the Environment of Pubs and Clubs / Ross Homel Steve Tomsen -- Homicide: the Northern Territory Perspective / William L. Goedegebuure -- Homicide between Sexual Intimates in Australia: a Preliminary Report / Patricia Easteal -- The Law Reform Commission of Victoria Homicide Prosecution Study: the Importance of Context / Bronwyn Naylor -- Killed by a Stranger in Victoria, January 1990-April, 1992: Location, Victims' Age and Risk /Andros Kapardis -- The Police Perspective / Peter Halloran, Mike Hagan, Jim Litster, Kerryn Nicks -- Aboriginal Homicide: Customary Law Defences or Customary Lawyers' Defences? / Geoffrey M. Eames -- Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Homicide: 'Same but Different' / David F. Martin -- Homicide and Intellectually Disabled Offenders / Susan Hayes -- Current Legal Issues in Forensic Psychiatry Ian Freckelton -- Firearms Law Reform: the Limitations of the National Approach / Sandra Egger , Rebecca Peters -- Critical Factors in Firearms Control / Errol Mason -- Gun Control and Homicide: the Shooters' Perspective / Philip G. Brown -- The Role of the Pathologist in Homicide Investigations and Coronial Inquiries / David Ranson -The Abolition of Mandatory Life Imprisonment for Murder: Some Jurisprudential Issues / David Wood - Are There Too Many Murder Trials? / John Willis -- Concluding discussion / Kenneth Polk, Lawrence Sherman, Sandra Egger, Don Weatherburn, Bill Goedegebuure |
Analysis |
Aborigines |
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Crime prevention |
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Federal issue |
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Gun control |
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Homicide |
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Mental disability |
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Prosecution |
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Statistics |
Notes |
(Conference proceedings / Australian Institute of Criminology, ISSN 1034-5086 ; no. 17) |
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CIP confirmed |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
Notes |
Also available in an online version |
Subject |
Homicide -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Homicide -- Australia -- Prevention -- Congresses.
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Homicide -- Australia.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Gerull, Sally-Anne.
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Strang, Heather.
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Australian Institute of Criminology.
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LC no. |
93214897 |
ISBN |
0642185832 |
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