Chapter 1: Introduction
PART I: Understanding Homicide
Chapter 2: What is Homicide?
Chapter 3: Homicide in Scotland: Placing murder in context
Chapter 4: Theories of Homicide
PART II: Different Types of Homicide
Chapter 5: Different Types of Homicide in Scotland
Chapter 6: Disaggregating Homicide: Explorative Subtypes
Chapter 7: Sexual Homicide
PART III: Theorising homicide
Chapter 8: The Relationship between Homicide and Violence
Chapter 9: A Theory of Homicide: Towards a Deeper understanding
Chapter 10: Overview and Conclusions
Biography
Sara Skott is associate professor in criminology at Mid Sweden University. Her research concerns different types and aspects of violence, including exploring violence through Gothic and gendered lenses. Her research also concerns the characteristics and offending pathways of sexual homicide, and the social construction of violence, shaped by different power orders. Some of her recent work has appeared in Critical Criminology, Games and Culture, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, and in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
