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Violence in America: The History of Crime de Ted Robert Gurr

Violence in America: The History of Crime: Violence, Cooperation, Peace, cartea 1

Editat de Ted Robert Gurr
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 iul 1989
This third edition of Violence in America is a completely new book with all 12 chapters of this volume written specifically for it. These chapters survey a wealth of new research on the long-term dynamics of murder and other crimes of violence. The contributors identify and diagnose the circumstances of recurring epidemics of violent crime that have swept the social landscape of the United States in the last 150 years, including waves of immigration, the social dislocation of war, and growing concentrations of urban poverty. They also evaluate the traits of political assassins and assess the pros and cons of gun control for reducing crime.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780803932289
ISBN-10: 0803932286
Pagini: 280
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Seria Violence, Cooperation, Peace

Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Cuprins

Foreword to the 1988 Edition
The History of Violent Crime in America - Ted Robert Gurr
An Overview
Historical Trends in Violent Crime - Ted Robert Gurr
England, Western Europe, and the United States
On the History (and Future) of Homicide in America - Roger Lane
The Size, Shape, and Social Significance of Long-Term Trends
Diverging Homicide Rates, England and the United States, 1850-1875 - Eric H Monkkonen
Violence Arrests in the City - Neil Alan Weiner and Margaret A Zahn
The Philadelphia Story, 1857-1980
Violence and Lawlessness on the Western Frontier - Roger D McGrath
Bootlegging - Mark H Haller
The Business of Politics of Violence
Economic Change and Homicide in Detroit, 1926-1979 - Colin Loftin, David McDowall and James Boudouris
Identifying Potential Assassins - James W Clarke
Some Situational Correlates of Dangerousness in America
Firearms and Violence - Don B Kates Jr
Old Premises and Current Evidence
Homicide in the Twentieth Century United States - Margaret A Zahn
Trends, Types, and Causes
Social Change and the Future of Violent Crime in the United States - Wesley G Skogan
Crime, Law, and Society in America - Richard Maxwell Brown
From Industrial Society to the Information Society

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This third edition of Violence in America is a completely new book with all 12 chapters of this volume written specifically for it. These chapters survey a wealth of new research on the long-term dynamics of murder and other crimes of violence. The contributors identify and diagnose the circumstances of recurring epidemics of violent crime that have swept the social landscape of the United States in the last 150 years, including waves of immigration, the social dislocation of war, and growing concentrations of urban poverty. They also evaluate the traits of political assassins and assess the pros and cons of gun control for reducing crime.