International conference on homicide : domestic related homicide
- Holiday Inn Surfers Paradise, 3-5 December 2008
The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) is Australia's leading national research and knowledge centre on crime and criminal justice issues. The AIC conducts research on the extent, nature and prevention of crime in order to provide timely, policy-relevant advice to meet the needs of government and the community. The AIC will host the International conference on homicide: domestic-related homicide in December 2008.
About the conference
Theme
Homicide is the most serious criminal offence in every country of the world. This international conference aims to highlight research and practice in the field, with domestic-related homicide a major theme. The conference is cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary. It is expected that keynote and concurrent presentations will cover such topics as:
- Intimate partner homicide
- Homicide solvability and clearance rates
- Preventing and reducing homicide
- Trends in homicide
- Murder-suicide
- Sex crimes and homicide
- Links between homicide and violence
- Forensic science
- Homicide and the criminal justice system
- Legal and ethical issues with homicide cases and accounts
- Life course and criminal careers of homicide victims and offenders.
Who should attend?
- Law enforcement
- Students
- Academics
- Policymakers
- Practitioners working in domestic violence, health and crime prevention and youth services.