A fundamental belief that researchers at the Center for Homicide Research operate under is that homicide is preventable. The rate and frequency of homicide has been high for so long in the United States that many people have come to accept killing as a fact of daily life. But it hasn’t always been so, and …
On June 10th, 2011, Dallas Drake, Principal Researcher for the Center for Homicide Research, presented a paper at the Homicide Research Working Group in New Orleans, Louisiana outlining the discovery of cyclic patterns between occurrences of homicide. In an earlier paper by Drake and co-authors, Charles Crain and Jessica Proskin, also Center researchers, a similar …
Violence from the Mexican drug cartels has dramatically escalated since Mexican President Philipe Calderón ordered federal troops to assist in combating the influence of Mexican drug cartels that seek to export drugs into the United States and Canada. Since then (2006), the killing has increased exponentially and many in the United States are concerned that …
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You are cordially invited to attend the Center for Homicide Research Spring Community Event! For over twelve years the Center for Homicide Research has been on the cutting edge of developing lasting resources on the subject of homicide, while also creating systemic change in data collection, law enforcement practices, and public policy construction. The Center’s …