Homicide in Families [Hardcover]

Ann Goetting (Author), Goetting (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 201 pages
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826187706
• ISBN-13: 978-0826187703
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,037,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars In depth with lots of statistics, October 8, 2000

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This review is from: Homicide in Families (Hardcover)

It is a great book for anyone doing research in this area. Ann Goetting is a professor of sociology at Western Kentucky University who is very experienced in studying domestic violence. She strongly feels that homicide is a public health problem and believes it needs to be addressed. This book is her way of informing the reader and helping to come up with some preventive methods. Goettings research is based on findings of the Detroit area. The book is put into nine profiles of homicide in special populations. Each of the profiles related to females, children, or the elderly in the capacity of offender or victim, or both. This book attempts to inspire preventive considerations through knowledge. She breaks down statistics in different categories such as: race, sex of offender, age, domestic status of victim, social class of offender, arrest record of offender, religious affiliation, homicidal motive, etc. She puts all the information into almost every category you can think of. Then with the highest statistic in each category gives us an image of an offender. The image helps to inform the reader on how to identify a person who is an offender and/or the victims they tend to go after. Goetting tries to give the reader the ability to identify people who are at greater risk of involvement, as offenders and victims, and which locations, times, and other circumstances are associated with the increased risk. This book is filled with statistics and also preventive methods that can be used to solve the problems related to homicide.