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Firearm Homicides in Europe: A comparison with non-firearm homicides in five European countries

2023-05-13 , Katharina Krüsselmann , Pauline Aarten , Sven Granath , Janne Kivivuori , Nora Markwalder , Karoliina Suonpää , Asser Hedegaard Thomsen , Simone Walser , Marieke Liem

Detailed, comparative research on firearm violence in Europe is rare. Using data from the European Homicide Monitor, this paper presents the prevalence and characteristics of firearm homicides in Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland between 2001 and 2016. Furthermore, we compare firearm to nonfirearm homicides to assess the degree of uniqueness of firearms as modus operandi. We find that the firearm homicide rate varies across our sample of countries. We also identify two country profiles: in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, most firearm homicides take place in public and urban areas, involving male victims and perpetrators. In these countries, the use of firearms in homicides is largely concentrated in the criminal milieu. In Finland and Switzerland, firearms are mostly used in domestic homicides, with a higher share of female victims. We explore these findings in relation to firearm availability in each country.

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Ungeklärte Fragen des Verwaltungsstrafverfahrensrechts

2022 , Frank, Friedrich , Markwalder, Nora

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Der aussergewöhnliche Todesfall – Rechtsgrundlagen, Praxis und Zahlen

2022 , Markwalder, Nora , Thaa, Dennis

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Die Anordnung von Untersuchungs- und Sicherheitshaft: Eine empirische Analyse

2020-10 , Markwalder, Nora , Binswanger, Janine

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Die Beschlagnahme im selbständigen Einziehungsverfahren des Verwaltungsstrafrechts Eine Besprechung des Entscheids des Bundesstrafgerichts BV.2021.56

2023 , Markwalder, Nora , Friedrich, Frank

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Die Sanktionierung von Unternehmen gemäss Art. 102 StGB in Theorie und Praxis - Teil 1: Die rechtliche Ausgestaltung der Unternehmensbestrafung

2022 , Markwalder, Nora

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Homicide drop in seven European countries: General or specific across countries and crime types?

2022 , Suonpää, Karoliina , Kivivuori, Janne , Aarten, Pauline , Ahven, Andri , Granath, Sven , Markwalder, Nora , Skott, Sara , Thomsen, Asser H. , Walser, Simone

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Problematik der Verwendung von nationalsozialistischen Hass-Symbolen

2023 , Noll, Thomas , Dreifuss, Michal , Markwalder, Nora

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Die Sanktionierung von Unternehmen gemäss Art. 102 StGB in Theorie und Praxis. Teil 2: Daten und Rechtsprechung zur Unternehmensbestrafung

2022 , Markwalder, Nora

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Bestellbetrug im Onlinehandel. Charakterisierung eines unscheinbaren Delikts.

2021 , Markwalder, Nora , Täuber, Eliane