The ecology of homicide : race, place, and space in postwar Philadelphia /

The history of murder in Philadelphia during a critical period from World War II until the early 1980s-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schneider, Eric C., 1951-2017 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
Edition:1st edition.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Homicide > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Noirs américains > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Homicide.
Social conditions.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > History > 20th century.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Dancing with knives : the ecological structure of African American homicide in postwar Philadelphia
  • Killing women and women who kill : intimate homicides
  • Race and murder in the remaking of West Philadelphia
  • Dirty work : police and community relations and the limits of liberalism
  • The children's war
  • Street wars : shooting police and police shootings.

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