A population-based study on toxicological findings in Swedish homicide victims and offenders from 2007 to 2009

Trends of homicidal deaths in central Bangkok, Thailand: a 5-year retrospective study

“…This may implicate alcohol use as a correlate of aggressive behavior, as previous studies have found, and that alcohol may lead to poor judgment and decision-making (Hedlund et al 2014) in addition to homicidal activities (Parker and Cartmill 1998). Compared to other substances found, alcohol made up a large majority, which is consistent with past studies (Verzeletti et al 2014).…”

“…The authors of the study have speculated that this trend can be explained by Durkheim's theory relating attachment to crime, although there is not much evidence to support this. It is also unclear if the high incidence of homicide among single men is due to their marital status or because they were young (Froeling 2007).…”

Unsolved homicides in Sweden: A population-based study of 264 homicides

“…This is in line with previous research [7,8,25,30,31]. Given that the overall homicide rate is low in Sweden, the high clearance rate is in line with an observation from the 2013 global report on homicide -that countries with low rates of homicides appear to have higher clearance rates [1].…”

“…Autopsy reports were collected from the Department of Forensic Medicine at the National Board of Forensic Medicine, a national organization that conducts all autopsies. Data on victim intoxication at the time of the offense were collected from the Department of Forensic Toxicology and Forensic Genetics at the National Board of Forensic Medicine, which provides toxicological data from analyses performed at autopsy (see also [30]). In addition, criminal records of victims were retrieved from the criminal-conviction registry.…”

Patterns of homicide in North Tunisia: a 10-year study (2005–2014)

“…Alcohol is often reported as being strongly associated with the occurrence of violence and homicide 35. In our study, toxicological findings were conducted in 25% of the cases, making this issue hard to analyse.…”