Homicide Research Working Group: An Interdisciplinary and International Organization

June 2001 Meeting Agenda

Homicide Research Working Group
2001 Annual Meeting
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
June 22-25, 2001
Convener: Derral Cheatwood

* An asterisk by a co-author's name indicates that s/he will not be in attendance at the 2001 Annual Meeting.

FRIDAY, JUNE 22nd

8:30-4:00pm
Pre-conference Workshop on NIBRS Data
Coordinated by John Jarvis, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Tom Petee, Auburn University

FRIDAY, JUNE 22ND

NOTE: All of the events and activities scheduled for Friday will be held at the UCF Student Union including the opening social hour and the two sessions. Van transportation between the Student Union and hotel will be provided at regular intervals. Also, directions and a map will be available at the Holiday Inn for those who wish to walk or drive to the Student Union on their own - it is approximately 2 miles from the Holiday Inn.

4:30-5:30pm
Welcome and Opening Social Hour (i.e., drinks and appetizers)
Welcome: Derral Cheatwood

5:30-7:00pm
Special Session: Florida Domestic Violence Fatality Review Teams
Session Chair: Jana Jasinski, University of Central Florida
Recorder: Wendy Regoeczi, Cleveland State University

The following persons are expected to comprise the panel for this special session:

Lt. Kevin Behan, Orange County Sheriff's Office
Garnett Ahern, Orange County Corrections
Annette Shultz, State Attorney's Office
Judith Ryan, Orange County Health Department
Donna Rivera, Orlando Police Department
Margaret Anglin, Harbor House

7:00-7:15pm
Transfer of Editorship, Homicide Studies
Session Chair: Dwayne Smith, Editor, Homicide Studies, University of South Florida

7:15pm
Informal dinner groups will form following close of previous session

SATURDAY, JUNE 23RD

NOTE: All of the activities and events scheduled for Saturday will be held in the UCF Student Union on the UCF campus, which is across the street from the Holiday Inn. Transportation between the Student Union and the Holiday Inn will be provided by van at regular intervals.

8:00-8:30am
Breakfast - Catered In

8:30-9:00am
Introductions of Meeting Participants
Derral Cheatwood, University of Texas - San Antonio

9:00-11:00am
Paper Session: Homicide Weapon Research
Session Chairs: Lois Mock, National Institute of Justice; and Paul H. Blackman, National Rifle Association
Recorder: Candice Batton, University of Nebraska

A Primer for Homicide Researchers on Trends in Firearms and Their Availability.
Paul H. Blackman, National Rifle Association
Chicago Historical Data, 1870-1930 and 1965-1981: Victims, Offenders and the Weapons Used.
Roland Chilton, University of Massachusetts
Instrumentality and Wounds in Civilian versus Civilian Homicides in Savannah: 1896 to 1903 & 1986 to 1993.
Vance McLaughlin, Savannah Police Department
Firearm Indicators and the Homicide Decline.
Richard Rosenfeld, University of Missouri-St. Louis

11:00-11:15am
Break

11:15-12:15pm
Paper Session: Issues in Data Collection and Measurement
Session Chair: Marc Riedel, Southern Illinois University
Recorder: Steve Roth, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

Trying to Relate: Victims, Offenders, and Their Classification in Homicide Research.
Marc Riedel, Southern Illinois University; and Wendy C. Regoeczi, Cleveland State University
Using Linked Death Records and Supplemental Homicide Reports to Describe Violent Injuries in California.
Jason C. Van Court* and Roger B. Trent, California Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Prevention for Injury Control Branch

12:15-1:45pm
Business Lunch 1 - Lunch Catered In Led by Derral Cheatwood, University of Texas - San Antonio Recorder: To Be Determined

1:45-2:00pm Break

2:00-5:00pm
Poster/Display Session
Session Chair: Becky Block, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

Life Histories of Serial Murderers.
Barrie Ritter, Santa Clara, CA
Homicidal Poisonings in the United States: An Analysis of Cases Reported from 1990-1999.
John Jarvis, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Not All Fun in the Sun: An Analysis of Homicide in Florida.
Christina Lanier and Lin Huff-Corzine, University of Central Florida
Framing Homicide: Murder for Hire Films.
James Black and Nicole Cravens, University of Tennessee
Negative Binomial Regression in Analysis of Homicide Data.
Greg Weaver and Tom Petee, Auburn University
Gender Differences in Lethal Violence Rates According to Various Indicators.
Candice Batton, University of Nebraska
JRSA's Incident-Based Reporting Resource Center Web Page: Poster, Website Demonstration, and Literature Display.
Lisa Walbolt, Justice Research and Statistics Association
National Violent Death Reporting System.
Cathy Barber, National Firearm Injury Statistics System, Harvard University
National Rifle Association: Poster and Literature Display.
Paul H. Blackman, National Rifle Association
National Youth Gang Center Gang Survey: Meaning, Measurement, and Application of the Results.
Arlen Egley, National Youth Gang Center
The Urban Institute: Poster and Literature Display on Research Analyzing the Context of Violent Crime and Homicide in the DC Metropolitan Area.
Caterina Gouvis, The Urban Institute
To Be Announced.
Esther J. Jenkins, Community Mental Health Council, Chicago, Illinois
ICPSR: Literature Display.
Kaye Marz, ICPSR, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Recent NIJ Publications: Literature Display.
Lois Felson Mock, National Institute of Justice
Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative: Partnering Researchers with Practitioners to Reduce Violent Crime Fatalities in 10 U.S. Cities.
Chip Coldren, University of Illinois at Chicago
To Be Announced.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Literature Display: Sources on Homicide Research Available from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
HELP Literature Display.
HELP Network
Chicago Project for Violence Prevention: Literature Display.
Chicago Project for Violence Prevention

6:00pm
Social Hour in honor of Dwayne Smith, founding editor of Homicide Studies
To be held pool side at Lin Huff-Corzine's and Jay Corzine's house about 5-10 minutes from the Holiday Inn - bring your suit! Informal groups will form for dinner and leave from here.

SUNDAY, JUNE 24TH

NOTE: All of the activities and events scheduled for Sunday will be held in the UCF Student Union on the UCF campus, which is across the street from the Holiday Inn. Transportation between the UCF Student Union and the Holiday Inn will be provided by van at regular intervals.

8:00-8:30am
Breakfast - Catered In

8:30-9:30am
Paper Session: Female Homicide Offenders
Session Chair: Todd Shackelford, Florida Atlantic University
Recorder: Christina Lanier, University of Central Florida

Women as Offenders of Homicide.
Jenny Mouzos, Australian Institute of Criminology
Young Women Are Over-Represented Among Perpetrators of Husband-Killing.
Todd Shackelford, Florida Atlantic University

9:30-9:45am
Break

9:45-10:45am
Paper Session: Directions and Developments in Theory Testing on Homicide
Session Chair: Chris Rasche, University of North Florida
Recorder: Greg Weaver, Auburn University

A Dependency-Constraint Theory of Homicide.
Gary Jensen, Vanderbilt University
The Importance of Disaggregation in Specifying the Southern Subculture of Violence.
Lin Huff-Corzine, University of Central Florida; Greg Weaver, Auburn University; Jay Corzine, University of Central Florida; and Tom Petee, Auburn University.

10:45-11:00am
Paper Session: Homicide Victimization over the Life Course
Session Chair: John Jarvis, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Recorder: Dick Block, Loyola University

Sexual Homicide of the Elderly.
John Jarvis and Mark Safarik*, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clinical and Criminological Issues of Neonaticide.
Frans Koenraadt, Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Sciences and Pieter Baan Centre for Forensic Psychiatry

12:00-1:30pm
Business Lunch 2 - Lunch Catered In
Led by Derral Cheatwood, University of Texas - San Antonio
Recorder: To Be Determined

1:30-1:45pm
Break

1:45-2:45pm
Paper Session: Views on Homicides Involving Under-researched Groups
Session Chair: Dallas Drake, Minnesota Gay Homicide Study
Recorder: To Be Determined

Data Set Construction in Homosexual Homicide Cases: Shedding the Political Issue of Motive.
Dallas S. Drake, Minnesota Gay Homicide Study
Scenario-based Typologies of Femicide in Victoria, Australia.
Damon Muller, University of Melbourne

2:45-3:30pm
Ice Cream Break

3:30-4:30pm
Paper Session: Femicide and Intimate Partner Homicide
Session Chair: Jacquelyn Campbell, Johns Hopkins University
Recorder: Vance McLaughlin, Savannah Police Department

Wife-Killings Committed in the Context of a Lovers' Triangle.
Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford and Todd K. Schackelford, Florida Atlantic University; and David M. Buss*, University of Texas at Austin
Reconciling Actual and Attempted Femicide Regression Models: Implications for Prevention.
Jacquelyn Campbell, Jane Koziol-McLain*, and Daniel Webster*, Johns Hopkins University; Doris Campbell*, University of South Florida; and Faye Gary*, University of Florida

5:30pm
Informal dinner groups will form following close of previous session.
Tentative plans are being made for a group to go to Universal Studio's City Walk, which consists of a smorgasboard of bars and restaurants and is near Disney World.

MONDAY, JUNE 25TH

NOTE: The committee meetings and Consequences of Homicide session will be held at the Holiday Inn. Transportation will be provided from there for the final session of the HRWG Annual Meetng on forensic anthropology.

8:00-9:00am
Breakfast and Committee Meetings
Breakfast bar will be at the Holiday Inn and committees will meet over breakfast in the hotel.

9:00-10:00am
Consequences of Homicide: Safe Horizon - Homicide Trauma Support Project
Session Chair: Avianca Hansen, Safe Horizon
Recorder: Laura Lund, Department of Health Services

10:15-12:30pm
Special Session: Forensic Anthropologist Pig Dig
Pork BBQ to follow :) !!

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