International research suggests alcohol consumption increases the number of homicides and that homicides involving alcohol differ significantly to non alcohol-related homicides. The current study sought to build on the limited Australian research on alcohol-related homicide by examining solved homicides recorded in the National Homicide Monitoring Program over a six year period. Of the 1,565 homicides...

This report presents findings from and an overview of key characteristics of the 18th annual collection of homicide data (2006-07), the most comprehensive collection on homicide in Australia, including details on victims, offenders, and incident circumstances. Australia wide, 260 incidents of homicide occurred in the year, taking 266 victims and involving 296 offenders. This was...

This report presents findings of the sixteenth year of national homicide data collection, and provides an account of the characteristics of victims and offenders of homicide, as well as the circumstances of the incidents for the 2004-05 financial year. Jurisdictional breakdowns are provided for comparative purposes. The year recorded a total of 249 incidents of...

The report shows how sentencing outcomes for homicide vary on the basis of characteristics of the incident, the offender and the victim.

The use of fire in homicide is a particularly heinous crime, involving burning of the victim before or after death. It is thought to be a relatively rare phenomenon and, as such, little is known about its nature and extent in Australia. Over a 16-year period there have been 4,943 homicide incidents in Australia; of...