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1、此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。homicide和murder的差异What is the difference between homicide and murder? Is there a difference in British and American usage with regard to this term?Thanks in advance.-A lawyer should really answer this. Im not a lawyer， but here are a couple of comments.homici
2、de - Focuses on the killing of a human being， in the same way that fratricide focuses on killing ones brother， suicide on killing ones self， etc. Homicide is not necessarily a crime. If a police officer kills someone who shoots first at him， this is not illegal， not murder. Justifiable homicide is t
3、he phrase I often hear.murder - Focuses on the unlawful killing of a human being. Involves some degree of premeditation or intention （first degree and second degree murder， murder in cold blood or in hot blood）. Careless， accidental killing is manslaughter rather than murder.I look forward to a lawy
4、ers more detailed explanation.Best wishes， Clive-Thanks for the explanation. I agree with what youve said. What prompted me to ask this question is because my student asked me for the definition of homicide. After explaining to him， I referred to his dictionary to make sure， and was surprised by wha
5、t I read. It states that homicide is AmE and murder is BrE or maybe the other way round. I cannot remember which is which.-Same usage here in the U.S.-As I understand it， “homicide” is the blanket term for any form of unlawful killing.Within homicide are sub-terms : murder killing with malice - plan
6、ned and intentional killing and manslaughter unlawful killing without malice or premeditation or culpable homicide used in Scotland - killing as the result of improper conduct.Recent legislation has made changes to these definitions， but essentially you can say that homicide and murder are synonymou
7、s.-In Singapore， if someone is found guilty of murder， he or she will be sentenced to death by hanging.In the case of homicide， it will be a long prison term.-It seems that in Singapore， the term “homicide” is being used where in Britain we would use either manslaughter or culpable homicide.-The ans
8、wer of the original question depends on the jurisdictions. In some jurisdictions homocide includes various murders like falony murder and capital murder and therefore it is the wider term， which explains why they are used sometimes synonymosly. Maybe you should limit the question to Singapore or to
9、the further jurisdictions of interest? In Germany they are not synonym but it would take too long to explain.-In Singapore， I read in the newspaper “culpable homicide not amounting to murder”. Is this term used in America or Britain?-As you will see in my earlier reply， “culpable homicide” is used i
10、n Scottish law.-I was referrring to the whole phrase culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Is this phrase used in America or the UK?-Hi， Ive never heard it. Clive-Sorry - no. A Google search indicates that the phrase is one used in India and the Far East. No US or UK hits （apart from media repo
11、rts）-I presume it is wrong usage; it is Singaporean English.-Actually， I dont think so. The Google search showed that there is a murder charge called this in the Indian legal structure， and it may well be the same in Singapore.-But Indian English is not recognised， right? Neither is Singapore English. I think I would accept AmE， BrE or Australian English.-What exactly are you looking for? Your student asked about the difference between homicide and murder， and that has been clearly answered. As to the phrase you are questioning， legal terms fo
