Homicide

1. Type of homicide. The type of homicide in the Simon Grittany case is Intimate Partner homicide. Daniel G. Saunders and Angela Browne (2000) “Intimate partner homicide is murder that occurs between current or former dating, cohabiting or common law or married couples.” Fiona Brookman (2005) Most intimate partner homicides are a result of a long history of domestic violence, when males kill a female intimate partner it is often as a result of them trying to gain control of the female partner…

Homicide Detective Homicide detectives are employed by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies throughout the United States. Depending on the size and geographic location of the agency, the detective’s jurisdiction may cover the entire agency’s jurisdiction or a sector of the area under that agency’s scope. The nature of the work can be very dangerous and stressful, so the detective must be mentally and physically prepared for the tasks performed. Responsibilities of a homicide…

for exposure to other violent events. Unfortunate, these risks lend support to the growing literature on the uniqueness of homicide survivorship (Rheingold et al., 2012). Specifically, one in ten adolescents was criminal homicide survivors. This result highlights the importance of assessing and addressing adolescents who have experienced the loss of a loved one to homicide as it increases risk for a number of chronic mental…

capital",[11] experiencing 474 homicides in 1990.[12] The elevated crime levels were associated with the introduction of crack cocaine during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The crack was brought into Washington, D.C. by Colombian cartels and sold in drug markets such as "The Strip" (the largest in the city) located a few blocks north of the United States Capitol.[13] A quarter of juveniles with criminal charges in 1988 tested positive for drugs.[11] The number of homicides per year in…

Describe examples of three biological specimens that can be analyzed using toxicology to provide evidence in a criminal case. Blood, urine, and liver. Blood can be analyzed is often the specimen of choice for detecting, quantifying and interpreting drugs and other toxicant concentrations. Concentrations of drugs and other toxicants in blood may be useful for establishing recent drug ingestion and to determine the effect of a drug on the deceased at the time of death, or at the time the blood was…

The United States of America has a higher homicide rate than many other countries in the world. There are various reasons associated with the highest homicide rate. The major reason is the negligence. In the United States, most parents work full-time at the minimum wage to feed their families. If these parents are working full-time then obviously their kids don't receive enough guidances, nurturing and love. These kids feel neglected and stressed out and that leads to the depression, emotional…

In Cleveland, Ohio, lead Homicide Detective Wally Everett and his partner Detective Mike Smith, are called out to a crime scene where a body lays hidden between some hedges and the porch of the victim’s grandmother’s house. The victim, a male, is face down. Strewn around the front lawn are seven bullet casings, evidence suggesting that the victim was shot multiple times. As detectives investigate the immediate area, they discover clues of the victim’s alternate lifestyle–and they wonder if there…

This paper will be addressing a brief history of forensic science. The video Welcome to Homicide will also be reviewed and mentioned within this paper. The crime scene within the video will be discussed in full detail analyzing each step of the forensic process. Examination of three different pieces of evidence detailed within the crime scene from the video. A summary will also be done on the crime scene reconstruction and the significant findings found from the scene. Technology applied to…

According to Gosselin (2013), Justifiable Homicide is best defined as a reasonable killing act of an individual done out of self-defense to protect either themselves or others (pg. 306). Under the circumstance, if the victim kills without an evil motive the killing is socially acceptable because the victim appears to technically not be at fault for what has happened due to the violence been used by the perpetrator (Gosselin, 2013, pg. 306). Some factors that are looked at when determining if…

Reaction to the documentary: The Homicide Hollenbeck This documentary is about how gang activity operates in a neighborhood called Hollenbeck in California. The gang members often from poor communities, broken families, and are uneducated because most of them drop out of high school. They see describe the street life as a lifestyle of full excitement and as part of who they are , since most of them join the gangs while they were young and is the only thing they feel like they know how to do .…