Week 4 - 1014CCJ - Lecture notes 4 PDF

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Lecture 4 notes for 1014CCJ - Homicide done in 2019 with Julie Barkworth as the course Convenor....

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Week 4 – Child Homicide Qld Statistics Child homicide in Queensland: A descriptive analysis of offences finalised by Queensland Criminal Courts 2005-6 to 2016-17.  Queensland account for 25% of all national child homicide incidents (N = 62).  A child is at greatest risk at homicide in the first year of life. o Under 1yr 29%. o 1-4yrs 22.6%  Majority of child homicides occur in private location e.g. Home.  Parents or parent equivalent most common perpetrator - 55.6%.  Most child homicide offenders are male - 75.8%.  Most common cause of death for child homicide is Physical Striking - 21%.  Equal percentages Fail to Provide/Stabbing/Suffocation - 12.9%. Fatal assault and neglect of Queensland Children Report 2013, CCYPOG.  88% fatal assault and neglect had criminal history.  81% fatal assault and neglect had Child Protection history.  63% of fatal assault and neglect, at least one parent had history or drug or alcohol abuse.  63% of fatal assault and neglect, the child's family had history of domestic violence. Types/Definitions of Child Homicide

Child Death Definitions Child homicide: The killing of a child. Neonaticide: The killing of a child within 24 hours of its birth. Infanticide: The killing of an infant (1 day - 12 months old). Filicide: The killing of a child by his/her mother (maternal filicide) or father (paternal filicide). Filicide-suicide: The killing of a child by his/her parents, followed by the suicide of that parent. Familicide: The killing of a child (and possibly another child) by his/her parent and the killing of the child's other parent, followed by suicide. Neonaticide (...