Violence in the Balkans : First Findings from the Balkan Homicide Study.

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Main Author: Getos Kalac, Anna-Maria.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Criminology Series
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505 0 |a Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction to the Balkan Homicide Study -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Conceptual Framework -- 1.3 Terminology -- References -- Chapter 2: Balkanisation in European Homicide Research -- 2.1 Homicide as a Yardstick -- 2.2 A Stocktaking of European Homicide Research -- 2.3 The European Homicide Monitor -- 2.4 Unique Challenges in a Balkanised Setting -- References -- Chapter 3: Criminological Violence Research in the Balkans: Context and Setting -- 3.1 Historical, Cultural, and Legal Context -- 3.1.1 Violent Balkan Images and Stereotypes -- 3.1.2 The Balkans as a Historical Space Sui Generis -- 3.1.3 The Balkans as a Legal and Cultural Region -- 3.2 Criminological Research Setting -- 3.2.1 Criminology in Southeastern Europe -- 3.2.2 The "Balkan Way" of Funding Research -- 3.2.3 Criminal Justice Systems of the Balkans -- References -- Chapter 4: The Balkan Homicide Study: Research Design and Operationalization -- 4.1 Objectives -- 4.1.1 Social Construction of Violence -- 4.1.2 Empirical Realities of Violence -- 4.2 Methodology -- 4.2.1 Case File Analysis -- 4.2.2 Research Instrument -- 4.2.3 BHS Violence Typology -- 4.2.4 Cautious Use of BHS Typology and Data -- 4.3 Sample -- 4.3.1 Sampling -- 4.3.2 Statistical Context: BHS Representativeness -- 4.3.3 Normative Context: BHS Comparability -- 4.3.4 Sample Description -- 4.4 Field Work -- References -- Chapter 5: Violence in the Balkans: Regional Commons and Country Specifics -- 5.1 Incident Characteristics -- 5.1.1 Missing Incident Data -- 5.1.2 Attempted vs. Completed Homicides -- 5.1.3 Types of (Non)Lethal Violence -- 5.1.4 (Lethal) Violence Between Strangers -- 5.1.5 Intimate Partner Violence -- 5.1.6 (Attempted) Homicide Followed by Suicide -- 5.1.7 Firearms and (Lethal) Violence -- 5.1.8 Alcohol and (Lethal) Violence. 
505 8 |a 5.1.9 The Organized Crime Violence Nexus -- 5.1.10 (Lethal) Violence and Cruelty -- 5.2 Offender Characteristics -- 5.2.1 Missing Offender Data -- 5.2.2 Merging Databases with Different Counting Units -- 5.2.3 General Offender Characteristics -- 5.2.4 Male (Lethal) Violence -- 5.3 Victim Characteristics -- 5.3.1 Missing Victim Data -- 5.3.2 General Victim Characteristics -- 5.3.3 Victimization and Victim-Offender Alcohol Intoxication -- 5.4 Procedural Characteristics -- 5.4.1 Missing Procedural Data -- 5.4.2 Detection of (Lethal) Violence -- 5.4.3 Detention and Criminal Procedure -- References -- Chapter 6: Key Findings and Preliminary Conclusions -- 6.1 The BHS Research Questions in Light of Its Findings -- 6.2 The Power to (Re)Define and Deal with (Lethal) Violence -- 6.3 The Phenomenology of (Lethal) Violence in the Balkans -- 6.4 On the Definability, Measurability, Severity, and Homicidality of Violence -- Appendix: Scope of Missing Data by Variable and Country -- Index. 
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