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2 Homicide Stud. 3 (1998)

handle is hein.journals/homcst2 and id is 1 raw text is: Editor's Introduction Welcome to Volume 2 of Homicide Studies. The journal's second year begins with a renewed commitment to providing a valued and respected source of information regarding the patterns and causes of homicide, as well as a forum for discussing possible means of reducing this infinitely tragic form of human interaction. Several goals were discussed in the first issue of Homicide Studies. Looking back on last year, considerable progress has been made toward some of those goals, whereas much work remains if others are to be realized. On a particularly positive note, the journal has been successful in attracting papers from outside of the United States; consequently, articles based on non-U.S. sam- ples have been included in every issue. Disseminating cross- national information on homicide remains a priority; featuring reports from non-Western countries is an area in which we hope to improve. An objective at which we have been less successful is to publish a broad variety of works, including reports from practitioners. A strong commitment to achieving this goal remains. By the time this is read, strategies for attracting quality research with an applied focus will have been discussed with editorial board mem- bers at the 1997 American Society of Criminology meetings. As always, readers' comments and suggestions are welcomed. The lead article of this issue concerns the connection between alcohol consumption and homicide. In spite of the well-acknowl- edged role of alcohol consumption in contributing to the inci- dence of homicide, research in this area remains rather unfocused. Robert Nash Parker addresses this issue by analyzing a cross- national model linking the cultural context of alcohol consumption with national homicide rates. Results from both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses serve to clarify the connection, most notably its different effects on sex-specific rates of homicide. HOMICIDE STUDIES, Vol. 2 No. 1, February 1998 3-5 @ 1998 Sage Publications, Inc. 3 from the SAGE Social Science Collections. All Rights Reserved.

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