Sara Skott is associate professor in criminology at Mid Sweden University. Her research concerns different types and aspects of violence, including exploring violence through Gothic and gendered lenses. Her research also concerns the characteristics and offending pathways of sexual homicide, and the social construction of violence, shaped by different power orders. Some of her recent work has appeared in Critical Criminology, Games and Culture, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, and in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionPART I: Understanding HomicideChapter 2: What is Homicide?Chapter 3: Homicide in Scotland: Placing murder in contextChapter 4: Theories of HomicidePART II: Different Types of HomicideChapter 5: Different Types of Homicide in ScotlandChapter 6: Disaggregating Homicide: Explorative SubtypesChapter 7: Sexual HomicidePART III: Theorising homicideChapter 8: The Relationship between Homicide and ViolenceChapter 9: A Theory of Homicide: Towards a Deeper understandingChapter 10: Overview and Conclusions

Sara Skott is associate professor in criminology at Mid Sweden University. Her research concerns different types and aspects of violence, including exploring violence through Gothic and gendered lenses. Her research also concerns the characteristics and offending pathways of sexual homicide, and the social construction of violence, shaped by different power orders. Some of her recent work has appeared in Critical Criminology, Games and Culture, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, and in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionPART I: Understanding HomicideChapter 2: What is Homicide?Chapter 3: Homicide in Scotland: Placing murder in contextChapter 4: Theories of HomicidePART II: Different Types of HomicideChapter 5: Different Types of Homicide in ScotlandChapter 6: Disaggregating Homicide: Explorative SubtypesChapter 7: Sexual HomicidePART III: Theorising homicideChapter 8: The Relationship between Homicide and ViolenceChapter 9: A Theory of Homicide: Towards a Deeper understandingChapter 10: Overview and Conclusions

Sara Skott is associate professor in criminology at Mid Sweden University. Her research concerns different types and aspects of violence, including exploring violence through Gothic and gendered lenses. Her research also concerns the characteristics and offending pathways of sexual homicide, and the social construction of violence, shaped by different power orders. Some of her recent work has appeared in Critical Criminology, Games and Culture, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, and in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionPART I: Understanding HomicideChapter 2: What is Homicide?Chapter 3: Homicide in Scotland: Placing murder in contextChapter 4: Theories of HomicidePART II: Different Types of HomicideChapter 5: Different Types of Homicide in ScotlandChapter 6: Disaggregating Homicide: Explorative SubtypesChapter 7: Sexual HomicidePART III: Theorising homicideChapter 8: The Relationship between Homicide and ViolenceChapter 9: A Theory of Homicide: Towards a Deeper understandingChapter 10: Overview and Conclusions