The Center for Homicide Research keeps tabs on incidents of suicide. This may seem antithetical, but in the world of criminology, the two acts are linked. Homicide and suicide are both examples of lethal violence.
Linking homicide and suicide is not new. At the end of the...
16 Comments | Posted November 9, 2011 | 12:09 PM
I follow the Gay Voices section pretty closely. I like to know what other op-ed contributors are writing, and the vertical does a good job of keeping me up-to-date on LGBTQ(etc.) news. Over the past few weeks, I've noticed a trend in the hate-crime-related stories. Two weeks ago, a man...
94 Comments | Posted October 14, 2011 | 10:45 AM
Last Friday, Oct. 7, 2011, a court in Minneapolis convicted Daniel James Rick of first-degree assault. His weapon: a disease he carried in his body, HIV.
In 2009, Rick had consensual, unprotected sex with his victim (unnamed). Rick says that before they had sex, he disclosed his HIV status,...
2 Comments | Posted October 6, 2011 | 11:05 AM
Working with a nonprofit that specializes in LGBT homicide research is, at times, surreal. Frequently, normal office management becomes something more. Once, we procured a new office space and moved several thousand homicide files. The move was uneventful, but verifying the files became something of an ordeal. After moving the...
27 Comments | Posted January 6, 2012 | 5:20 PM