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A special case of murder committed by pitchfork
2011
The autors describe a murder case, happened in a rural environment, done with an agricultural instrument with "four peak". The use of agricultural instruments to commit a murder, frequent in the past, nowadays is unusual if not in a rural environment.
Nordic homicide in deep time : lethal violence in the early modern era and present times
2022
Nordic Homicide in Deep Time draws a unique and detailed picture of developments in human interpersonal violence and presents new findings on rates, patterns, and long-term changes in lethal violence in the Nordics. Conducted by an interdisciplinary team of criminologists and historians, the book analyses homicide and lethal violence in northern Europe in two eras – the 17th century and early 21st century. Similar and continuous societal structures, cultural patterns, and legal cultures allow for long-term and comparative homicide research in the Nordic context. Reflecting human universals and stable motives, such as revenge, jealousy, honour, and material conflicts, homicide as a form of h…