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1 Homicide Stud. 3 (1997)

handle is hein.journals/homcst1 and id is 1 raw text is: Finally-A Journal Devoted to Homicide Studies M. DWAYNE SMITH University of North Carolina-Charlotte JAY CORZINE University of Central Florida A BRIEF HISTORY The setting could not have been better. A group attending the 1994 American Society of Criminology meetings was dining at Mango's in Miami's trendy South Beach area on a balmy Novem- ber evening. The pulsing beat of Latin rhythms drifted in from the carnival-like atmosphere on the sidewalk outside; decidedly, though, the carnival was more Rio than mid-America. Talk at the table turned to the experience of Miami in the early 1980s, the so-called Miami Vice years, when homicide rates esca- lated dramatically; then, almost inexplicably, they turned down- ward. New Orleans, speaking of carnivals, was then experiencing the same escalation, but no one could predict when its homicide rates might drop (the answer was by the next year). Washington, D.C. entered the conversation, as did East St. Louis, then Detroit, and a host of other U.S. cities. A number of ideas was bantered about to account for the similarities and oddities of these cities. In the end, there was agreement only on one fundamental point: The study of homicide is a complex undertaking that makes the search for answers incredibly challenging. Unfortunately, we conceded, information ranging from the most recent research findings to significant theoretical developments concerning homicide often is scattered among a diverse collection of disciplines and their corresponding literatures. The conclusion was inevitable: There was a definite need for a journal devoted exclusively to the study of homicide and HOMICIDE STUDIES, Vol. 1 No. 1, February 1997 3-10 @ 1997 Sage Publications, Inc. 3 from the SAGE Social Science Collections. All Rights Reserved.

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