Routledge Handbook of Homicide Studies
About this ebook
Providing state-of-the-art scholarship on homicide in modern society, this handbook is a key collection and an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners engaged in the study of homicide across a diverse range of disciplines, including criminal justice and criminology, psychology, sociology, forensics, interdisciplinary departments, and sociolegal studies.
About the author
Kyle A. Burgason, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of Graduate Education in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Iowa State University, USA. His research interests include policing, ethics in criminal justice, race and crime, criminological theory, structural and cultural context of violent crime and victimization, capital punishment, and optimal foraging theory’s applications to crime.
Matt DeLisi, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Professor, Coordinator of Criminal Justice, and Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University, USA. A renowned scholar, Professor DeLisi is one of the most influential and prolific criminologists in the world with over 460 scholarly publications, including over 30 books on an array of topics in the social, behavioral, and forensic sciences.
