Homicide in Context. Murderous Thoughts / Helen Innes, Sarah Tucker, Martin Innes -- Geographic and Temporal Variation in Cross-National Homicide Victimization Rates / Meghan L Rogers, William Alex Pridemore -- Some Trends in Homicide and Its Age-Crime Curves / Alfred Blumstein -- Social and Legal Responses to Homicide / Mark Cooney -- Understanding Different Forms of Homicide. Gang Homicide in the United States / Jesenia M Pizarro -- Drug-Related Homicide / Sean P Varano, Joseph B Kuhns -- Sexual Homicide / Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan -- When Women are Murdered / R Emerson Dobash, Russell P Dobash -- Women Murdered in the Name of "Honor" / Aisha K Gill -- Hate and Homicide / Nathan Hall -- Infanticide / Carl P Malmquist -- Parricide Encapsulated / Kathleen M Heide -- Corporate Homicide, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Human Rights / Gary Slapper -- Empirical Challenges to Studying Terrorism and Homicide / Joseph K Young, Erin M Kearns -- Multiple Homicide / Jack Levin, James Alan Fox -- Genocide and State-Sponsored Killing / Andy Aydın-Aitchison -- Homicide around the Globe. Homicide in Europe / Marieke Liem -- Comparing Characteristics of Homicides in Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden / Soenita M Ganpat -- Homicide in Britain / Fiona Brookman, Helen Jones, Sophie Pike -- Homicide in Canada / Myrna Dawson -- Typifying American Exceptionalism / Amanda L Robinson, Christopher D Maxwell -- Homicide in Japan / Tom Ellis, Koichi Hamai -- Homicide in Australia and New Zealand / Paul Mazerolle, Li Eriksson, Richard Wortley, Holly Johnson -- Drivers of Homicide in Latin America and the Caribbean / Erik Alda -- Homicide in Russia / Alexandra Lysova, Nikolay Shchitov -- Understanding Homicide in China / Liqun Cao -- Homicide in India / K Jaishankar, Debarati Halder -- Homicide in South Africa / Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard -- Investigating Homicide. Technology and Homicide Investigation / Patrick Q Brady, William R King -- Solving Homicides / Thomas S Alexander, Charles F Wellford -- Using DNA in the Investigation of Homicide / Robin Williams -- Cold Case Homicide Reviews / Cheryl Allsop -- A Damning Cascade of Investigative Errors / Deborah Davis, Richard A Leo -- Reducing and Preventing Homicide. Seeing and Treating Violence as a Health Issue / Charles Ransford, Gary Slutkin -- Identifying and Intervening in Homicide Networks / Andrew M Fox, Olivia R Allen -- Focused Deterrence and the Reduction of Gang Homicide / Anthony A Braga -- From Theory to Practice / Eric Grommon, John D McCluskey, Timothy S Bynum -- Preventing Homicide / Edward R Maguire.