thaissia Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 I'm doing a degree in criminology and for one of the tasks I need to cover Homicide from head to toe. However I got really confused when one of my books on the topic said that murder constitutes to homicide, and then another text book which I have, said that it doesn't. So I'm confused now and don't know which book is right and I feel stupid asking my tutor because it seems like such an easy question (what constitutes to homicide?). I would really appreciate any help because once I have that sorted out I can go on to the stats, and causes/reasons, prevention and so on... Thanks
ktel Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 I'm no criminology expert, but murder of manslaughter could be homicide, right? Is that what's meant?
Eigen Posted October 6, 2011 Posted October 6, 2011 Again, I'm no criminology expert, but I believe murder and manslaughter both fall under homicide as well. Genocide is to kill a population, suicide is to kill yourself, homicide is to kill another person. But that's just based on the word origins.
thaissia Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 Thanks for replying. I looked up in some other books and yeah, they all say that homicide covers both murder and manslaughter. I can get on with my assignment now...
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