Phillip Chong Ho Shon is Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He received his PhD in criminal justice in 2003 from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Shon has authored several articles and books, including How to Read Journal Articles in the Social Sciences and Language and Demeanor in Police-Citizen Encounters. His research interests include police behavior, police-citizen encounters, law and society, sociology of law, criminology, and homicide studies.

• Contents: Sources of Conflict – Weapon Usage in Nineteenth Century American Parricides – Pre-Offense Characteristics of Nineteenth-Century American Parricide Offenders – Post-Offense Characteristics of Nineteenth-Century American Parricides – Murder-Suicide and Mass Murder in the Context of Parricides – Existential Boundary Crossings: Parricides as Identity Projects – Comparing Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Parricides – Reconciling Theory and Data.

Phillip Chong Ho Shon is Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He received his PhD in criminal justice in 2003 from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Shon has authored several articles and books, including How to Read Journal Articles in the Social Sciences and Language and Demeanor in Police-Citizen Encounters. His research interests include police behavior, police-citizen encounters, law and society, sociology of law, criminology, and homicide studies.

• Contents: Sources of Conflict – Weapon Usage in Nineteenth Century American Parricides – Pre-Offense Characteristics of Nineteenth-Century American Parricide Offenders – Post-Offense Characteristics of Nineteenth-Century American Parricides – Murder-Suicide and Mass Murder in the Context of Parricides – Existential Boundary Crossings: Parricides as Identity Projects – Comparing Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Parricides – Reconciling Theory and Data.

Phillip Chong Ho Shon is Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He received his PhD in criminal justice in 2003 from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Shon has authored several articles and books, including How to Read Journal Articles in the Social Sciences and Language and Demeanor in Police-Citizen Encounters. His research interests include police behavior, police-citizen encounters, law and society, sociology of law, criminology, and homicide studies.

• Contents: Sources of Conflict – Weapon Usage in Nineteenth Century American Parricides – Pre-Offense Characteristics of Nineteenth-Century American Parricide Offenders – Post-Offense Characteristics of Nineteenth-Century American Parricides – Murder-Suicide and Mass Murder in the Context of Parricides – Existential Boundary Crossings: Parricides as Identity Projects – Comparing Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Parricides – Reconciling Theory and Data.