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Criminal Code of Canada Homicide?

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  • ## a person commits this when they directly or indirectly by any means cause the death of another human being
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Culpable Homicide?

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-death is caused by an unlawful act and criminal negligence ( carelessness)

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Non-culpable Homicide?

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  • self defence, significant MD ( hard to prove though)

L> in other wards not to be blamed for the death

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Murder?

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unlawful, planned taking of someones life

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1st Degree Murder?

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  • a lot of forethought
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2nd Degree Murder?

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  • not as premeditated, in the moment…emotional etc
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Homicide examples?(umbrella term)(5)

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  • acceleration of death, negligence of care, death via treating injury, infanticide - omission: letting go, Commission : active killing, manslaughter
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Most homicides are ? (3)

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  • not premeditated, committed by someone known to the victim, single-victim incidents
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Gang related homicides have ____. In 1993 ___ homicides classified as gang related occurred. Ex: Bystander killed, late payment etc. It peaked in 2008 with ___ gang related killings. In 2010 it went down to ___.

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  • increased, 13, 138, 94
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What province has the largest gang related activity?

What province has recently had an increase in gang homicides.

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  • saskatchewan, Winnipeg
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The most common homicide is shooting at __%. With stabbing, beating, strangulation: __% there is a known relationship between the victim and perpetrator.

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  • 30%

- 83% (fairly stable for 10 years)

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In 2003, __% of homicides where single victims.

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96%

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__% those charged with homicide consumed a substance at the time of crime. __% victims with substance intake at the time of the homicide.

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  • 70

- 60

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Homicide rates by province based on victims:
-In 2010 what two provinces increased?
-What city in Ontario increased in homicide rates?
- What 3 provinces were fairly stable and lower than other places.
L> judging by these 3 what can you infer on rates and cities?

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  • NB and NS
  • Thunderbay
  • Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver
  • homicide is not restricted to big cities…
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Holmes and Holmes (1998) definition of mass murder?

  • amount killed, location, time frame?
  • cooling off?
  • how are they caught etc? (3)
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  • killing 3+ people at one time in one place
  • killing people over the course of a few minutes or hours, with no cooling off period
  • almost always arrested, shot by police or commit suicide
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Some estimate that mass murderers collectively claim __-__ people a year in the US.

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150-200

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Mass murder over time?

  • how many killings since1900?
  • trends?
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  • 909
  • Mass murder and homicide are similar in trends
  • 1940: after war, more family, jobs, home ownership, education went up, murder and homicide went down!
  • 1966: big mass murder spike
  • downward spike since 1990
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Average Death toll?

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remained constant to about 4-6 from 1900-99

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Average wounded?

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increased over time

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Weapon type:
Gun
other
Fire

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  • 74% 1990-99
  • 14%
  • 12%
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Victim - offender Relationship: 1990-99
Family
Stranger
Acquaintance

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Public Location ?

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Public Shooting?

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8-15% (2012 bad year for workplace)

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Average Age??
1900?
1940 and up?

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  • 38-43 years old

- decreasing to 20’s

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Characteristics of a Mass Murder? Katsavdakis, Meloy and White (2011) and Duwe(2004) (7)
- triggering event - intentionally plan and prepare for assault - methodically kill as many individuals as possible - do not threaten beforehand - presence of psychotic disorder (paranoia) - warrior mentality - higher chance of suicide
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Typologies of Mass Murder ( Holmes and Holmes, 1992) | 5
1. Family annihilator 2. Pseudo-commando or barricaded sniper 3. set and run killer 4. Disciple killers 5. disgruntled worker killers
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Pseudo-commando or Barricaded sniper ?
- stockpiler of guns etc….carefully planned attack - lash out at world which is not right in some way - victims usually random - can be geographically mobile
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Set and run killer?
- motivated to go down in infamy | - tend to what to be away from the actually incident when it occurs ..aka not looking for suicide..keep anonymous
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Disciple killers ?
- follows commands of a charismatic leader.. - want to please leader - random victims or symbolic meaning known only to leader.. - usually committed near where the leader is
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Disgruntled worker killer?
- former employee or someone about to lose job - sometimes medical or mental disability caused to leave work - move around workplace with a target in mind but almost always kill randomly and indiscriminality as they wander - lashing out at some perceived un fairness
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``` Spree Murders? (special cases) definition? - victim amount? -locations ? -cooling off? - planed or not? ```
a series of murders connected to one event committed over a period of hours or days - several victims - many kill in one or more locations - without cooling off - lack planning and tend to end up in stand off
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Worst Spree Killer is? in 1982 - killed how many? wounded? - description of event? - time frame? - end game?
Woo Bum-Kon - 57, 35 - walked house to house used his position as a police officer to gain entry and shot the victims or killed the entire family with a grenade - 8 hours, attacked five villages - killed himself
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``` Anders Behring Brevik? - killed 77 people injured hundreds (20110 description: -planned -trigger event -against society - general location - warrior mentality MASS OR SPREE KILLER? ```
- Mass murderer | L> Pseudo commando or barricaded sniper
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Holmes and Holmes Definition of a Serial Murder?
- killing of three or more people over a period of more than 30 days with a significant cooling off period between killings...
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There are ~__ serial killers that kill 200 people per year in the US. In the US active at any time they have __% of the worlds serial killers.
35 | 85
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``` Ted Bundy ( Serial Killer) US John Wayne Gacy (serial Killer) US ```
- 30 homicides, 1974-78, necrophile, 7 states, rapist | - killer clown, rapist, killer, 33 teenage boys, 1972-78, Chicago, buried 27 in crawl space of house.
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Robert Pickton? (Canadian Serial killer )
- 1998-2001 - prostitutes - pig farm - strangle/ shoot, dismember them - 60+ accused for - charged with 27, convicted for 6 2nd degree - fed remains to pigs
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Common Characteristics of Serial Murderers Behaviour? (7)
- crime is repetitive - one on one murder - often unknown relationship with victim( those that won't be missed) - motivated by some driving force - take precautions to avoid being caught - like to taunt police - anger towards a type of victim, revenge or message to society
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Most vulnerable to serial murders?
- female, uni students, elderly,
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Visionary Killers? ( Holmes and DeBurger)
inner voice that orders them to kill - psychotic
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Mission orientated killer? Holmes and DeBurger)
their job to punish / save certain victims ex: prostitutes
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Hedonistic killer? (Holmes and DeBurger)
gain/express power over others…thrill out of it/high…sexual gratification
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Power or Control Orientated killer Holmes and DeBurger)
dominate victims, rape, assault, to express dominance, lust for power and control
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Profile of a serial killer??(3)
- usually white and 25-30 yrs old - from various SES groups, occupations but education level is usually very low - usually stranger to the victim
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``` Characteristics of a Serial Killer: - mean age at first murder? L> Caucasian, African American? -History, non or previous? - Average # of victims - Victim is usually a ? -career length? -work alone or in groups? -Geographically stable vs transient - sexual activity stats with victim? ```
- 26 years old, 81% white, 16% african american - previous criminal history - 8 - stranger (87%) - 4.1 years - alone - stable : same radius/ area, transient: area to area..higher number of victims and career length - 50%
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What percentage of serial killers have a partner? | What percent had a career of a year or less
16% | 1/2
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Serial killers common choice for murder and geo situation?
hands on, stable not transient
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Female Serial Killers?? | - Kelleher and Kelleher ( 1998)
- insufficient data - argue female serial killers are more successful, careful, precise, methodological and quiet in committing their crimes, - as lethal as make serial killers
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Aileen Wuornos?
- serial killer -7 men L> argued they did or tried to rape her -executed in 2002 - first female serial killer caught ever
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Female Serial killers methods are hard to detect…ex?
- poison…
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Internet Black Widow?
- NS - 4 men - 78 years old - driven via monitory gain

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