Arson-associated homicide in Australia: A five year follow-up

Claire Ferguson; Rebekah M. Doley; Bruce D. Watt; Mathew Lyneham; Jason Payne

Arson-associated homicide in Australia: A five year follow-up

Claire Ferguson, Rebekah M. Doley, Bruce D. Watt, Mathew Lyneham, Jason Payne

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Abstract

Arson homicides are rare, representing only two percent of all homicides in Australia each year. In this study, data was collected from the AIC’s National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP) to build on previous research undertaken into arson-associated homicides (Davies & Mouzos 2007) and to provide more detailed analysis of cases and offenders. Over the period 1989 to 2010, there were 123 incidents of arson-associated homicide, involving 170 unique victims and 131 offenders. The majority of incidents (63%) occurred in the victim’s home and more than half (57%) of all victims were male. It was found that there has been a 44 percent increase in the number of incidents in the past decade.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-11
Number of pages	11
Journal	Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
Issue number	484
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2015

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