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Written primarily for the police officer assigned to homicide investigation, it relates in clear, concise language the important medical aspects of violent death. The forensic pathologist will find content matter pointing out the mutual problems of field investigation on the autopsy examination. Social behaviorists such as psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers interested in the relationship of homicide to community and familial factors will find ample discussion of the conflicts, interests and attitudes that bear directly on homicide investigation

Abstract In recent years in Atlanta, homicide has been the most common cause of death in males 20–40 years of age. To study homicide trends in this city we analyzed data for 591 resident victims of criminal homicide in two time perid. 1961–1962 and 1971–1972. Large increases occurred in the homicide rates for both black and white residents. In both races, these rate increases could be accounted for almost entirely by homicides involving firearms Homicide rates for black and whites in 1971–1972 were highest in census tracts with low indices of socioeconomic status; this association was found only for homicides in which the victim and assailant were relatives or acquaintances. There was little geographic overlap between areas with high rates of homicide in the home and high numbers of homicides in public. Using population‐based rates facilitates comparisons of homicide occurrence between time periods and/or places.

Abstract This study examines the ways that females meet violent death and the role that illegal drug use plays in precipitating such deaths. The sex role hypothesis and the transactional risk thesis are explored to help account for homicide victimization of women. Data were drawn from the records of the Medical Examiner's Office in Philadelphia. Records of all illegal drug using homicide victims were compared with a random sample of non‐drug‐using victims. Data included interviews with relatives of the deceased, autopsy reports, police and other records. Both hypotheses received support. The importance of these findings can only be assessed, however, when more is known about how sex role constellations work in drug‐using groups