Carefully organized and edited, this book combines a comprehensive review of research and knowledge in the field of social study of homicide. The contributors, leading scholars in the field, have each provided defining summaries of the current state of knowledge for their subject of expertise. Together, the chapters provide an ideal reference for readers interested in up-to-date knowledge about homicide issues.
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THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE FOR HOMICIDE RESEARCH,
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This review is from: Homicide: A Sourcebook of Social Research (Hardcover)
This edited volume is a comprehensive treatment of the study of homicide. Smith and Zahn recruited some of the best homicide researchers to make contributions to the book. The text is comprised of nineteen chapters which are divided into six substantive sections, covering everything from theoretical and methodological issues to the examination of homicide in specific populations and proposed solutions for preventing homicide. If you want to cut through the rhetoric of the media coverage of murder, and have a better understanding of homicide, this is a MUST read.
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The definitive guide to understanding homicide,
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This review is from: Homicide: A Sourcebook of Social Research (Hardcover)
As the title suggests, this is designed to be a sourcebook on homicide research. This book presents 19 chapters on a wide variety of topics related to homicide including juvenile homicide, the connection between firearms and murder, African Americans and homicide, and serial murder. The chapters are written by some of the leading researchers in the field, and present a concise discussion of the key issues surrounding the topic. In addition to this, Smith and Zahn provide a comprehensive bibliography for those interested in further exploring this phenomenon.
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resource deprivation index, nongang cases, disaggregated homicide rates, adolescent homicide offenders, female homicide victimization, interviews with prison inmates, legal intervention homicides, juvenile homicide offenders, abolitionist jurisdictions, disaggregated rates, nongang homicides, crime reporting handbook, homicide perpetration, homicide research working group, homicide project, homicide researchers, parricide offenders, homicide studies, execution publicity, homicide offending, international crime statistics, classifying homicides, homicide data sets, homicide models, brutalization effect Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Los Angeles, American Sociological Review, Government Printing Office, African Americans, American Journal of Sociology, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Journal of Criminal Law, University of Chicago Press, Bureau of Justice Statistics, World Health Organization, National Institute of Justice, American Journal of Psychiatry, North Carolina, Structural Poverty Index, United Nations, Journal of Research, Newbury Park, Beverly Hills, Comparative Criminology, International Journal of Offender Therapy, Latin America, National Academy Press, Thousand Oaks, American Journal of Public Health New!
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Homicide is a topic that fascinates academic researchers as well as the public. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
resource deprivation index, nongang cases, disaggregated homicide rates, adolescent homicide offenders, female homicide victimization, interviews with prison inmates, legal intervention homicides, juvenile homicide offenders, abolitionist jurisdictions, disaggregated rates, nongang homicides, crime reporting handbook, homicide perpetration, homicide research working group, homicide project, homicide researchers, parricide offenders, homicide studies, execution publicity, homicide offending, international crime statistics, classifying homicides, homicide data sets, homicide models, brutalization effect Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Los Angeles, American Sociological Review, Government Printing Office, African Americans, American Journal of Sociology, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Journal of Criminal Law, University of Chicago Press, Bureau of Justice Statistics, World Health Organization, National Institute of Justice, American Journal of Psychiatry, North Carolina, Structural Poverty Index, United Nations, Journal of Research, Newbury Park, Beverly Hills, Comparative Criminology, International Journal of Offender Therapy, Latin America, National Academy Press, Thousand Oaks, American Journal of Public Health New!
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- Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the U.S., 1998 (Crime in the United States) by Federal Bureau of Investigation on 9 pages
- Homicide in the United States (Criminology, Law Enforcement and Social Problems) by Harrington Cooper Brearley on 4 pages
- Crime and the American Dream (Wadsworth Series in Criminological Theory) by Steven F. Messner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Homicide, North and South: Being a Comparative View of Crime Against the Person in Several Parts of the United States (History of Crime and Criminal Justice Series) by H. V. Redfield on page 56, and Back Matter
- The Future of Public Health by Institute of Medicine on page 310, and Back Matter
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- Madness and Murder: Implications for the Psychiatric Disciplines by Peter Morrall on 8 pages
- Rethinking Homicide: Exploring the Structure and Process Underlying Deadly Situations (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) by Terance D. Miethe on 5 pages
- Juvenile Sexual Homicide by Wade C. Myers on page 44, and page 96
- Statistics for Criminology and Criminal Justice by Ronet Bachman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Crime Drop in America (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) by Alfred Blumstein on page 162
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