Crime is not the problem : lethal violence in America /

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This text has three main aims: the first is to show that what separates the USA from other countries is not crime rates but lethal violence. Crimes like burglary and theft are a part of modern urban life worldwide; shootings and stabbings are not - they are particularly American. Why is this so? Sec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zimring, Franklin E.
Otros Autores: Hawkins, Gordon, 1919-2004
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Colección:Studies in crime and public policy.
Temas:
Violent crimes > United States.
Violence > United States.
Violent crimes > United States > Prevention.
Crimes violents > États-Unis.
Violence > États-Unis.
Crimes violents > États-Unis > Prévention.
TRUE CRIME > General.
Violence
Violent crimes
Violent crimes > Prevention
Gewaltkriminalität
Tötung
Geweldsdelicten.
Preventie.
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • The American difference
  • Correlates and causes
  • Prevention
  • Appendix 1. Explaining distributions of violence versus levels of violence
  • Appendix 2. Assault in New York City and London
  • Appendix 3. Patterns of three violent crimes in the United States
  • Appendix 4. Race and lethal violence: a five-city comparison
  • Appendix 5. Studies of mass communications and homicide
  • Appendix 6. Drugs and homicide in the District of Columbia: a research note
  • References
  • Index.

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