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Homicide

Known as: Homicides 
The killing of one person by another.
National Institutes of Health

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Aggressive behaviorCessation of lifeDomestic ViolenceHomicidal wound NOS

Broader (2)

AssaultBehavior Disorders

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negligent homicidevehicular homicidevoluntary manslaughter

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Increases in Drug and Opioid Overdose Deaths—United States, 2000–2014
The United States is experiencing an epidemic of drug overdose (poisoning) deaths. Since 2000, the rate of deaths from drug… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Intimate Partner Homicide
Current rates of intimate partner homicide of females are approximately 4 to 5 times the rate for male victims, although the… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Retaliatory Homicide: Concentrated Disadvantage and Neighborhood Culture
Much of the research on violent crime is situated within an exclusively structural or subcultural framework. Some recent work… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Cancer incidence and survival among children and adolescents: United States SEER Program 1975-1995.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Life expectancy, economic inequality, homicide, and reproductive timing in Chicago neighbourhoods
Abstract In comparisons among Chicago neighbourhoods, homicide rates in 1988-93 varied more than 100-fold, while male life… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Spousal Homicide Risk and Estrangement
Frequencies of homicide victimization of wives and husbands, while cohabiting and when separated, are reported for all spousal… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives
Who are the men committing the rising number of serial homicides in the U.S. -- and why do they kill? The increase in these… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Evolutionary social psychology and family homicide.
Homicide is an extreme manifestation of interpersonal conflict with minimal reporting bias and can thus be used as a conflict… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Competitiveness, risk taking, and violence: the young male syndrome
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Homicide trends in the United States
Unlike most other causes of death, homicide has been increasing in the United States, especially since the mid-1960s. Its impact… 
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