The chronic abuser and the hopeless offender: Two sides of the same coin of intimate partner homicide

Worldwide one in seven homicides involve the killing of an intimate partner. In the Netherlands this number is even higher: one in four homicides concern intimate partner homicides. But who are the offenders and victims of intimate partner homicide?

Pauline Aarten and Marieke Liem • April 25, 2022

Homicide and Immigration: Trends and Developments

Between 1992 and 2020, roughly half of all homicide victims in the Netherlands were born abroad, which is striking as they only make up a small percentage of the population. We reflect on the representation of immigrant groups in the Dutch ‘homicide landscape’ over the last 30 years.

Jolien A van Breen and Marieke Liem • June 22, 2021

Urban Homicide in the Netherlands

Data from the Dutch Homicide Monitor shows that the scope and nature of homicide differs between the metropolitan areas of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and the Hague, and the rest of the country.

Katharina Krüsselmann and Pauline Aarten • October 20, 2020

Drug-related homicide: a clustered phenomenon

Drug-related homicide tends to concentrate around specific areas, in particular in big urban centers. Understanding its spatial distribution can help us better understand it and think of ways how to curb this type of violence.

Arnaldo S. Rabolini Salamanca, Pauline Aarten and Marieke Liem • April 14, 2020

Gun Violence in Europe

A glocal phenomenon

Katharina Krüsselmann and Francesca Rocchi • February 17, 2020

The forgotten victims of intimate partner homicide?

Women are most likely to get killed by their partner, and only a small percentage of victims of intimate partner homicide are male. So far, little research has been done on these male victims, but why are they the forgotten victims of intimate partner homicide?

Pauline Aarten • December 02, 2019

The Many Faces of Homicide: A 25-Year Trend Analysis of the Types of Homicides in the Netherlands

Macrolevel explanations of the homicide drop in many Western nations only tell half the story. The other half of the story demands that we zoom into the type of homicide.

Pauline Aarten • March 25, 2019

The Flow of Homicide Through the System

In each phase of a homicide investigation and prosecution a case can 'flow out' of the judicial system. What factors are involved and how?

Marieke Liem and Hanneke Schönberger • July 02, 2018

Child murder in the Netherlands is increasing and decreasing

In several industrialized countries, the number of child killings is seemingly connected to economic strain and unemployment rates. While this connection seems plausible, it still deserves a level of skepticism.

Tessa van der Meiden • May 22, 2018

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