Crime is not the problem : lethal violence in America /
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...
| Основен автор: | Zimring, Franklin E. |
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| Други автори: | Hawkins, Gordon, 1919- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
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| Серия: |
Studies in crime and public policy.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=169310 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Crime is not the problem. |
| Резюме: |
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? Secondly, the book seeks to clarify the causes of violence by looking at the proximate causes of deadly violence - guns, violence in the media, drugs and the tradition of lethal violence are all examined. The concluding section of the book concerns the prevention of lethal violence as a priority issue. The authors discuss a range of anti-violence alternatives from change in the criminal law to social and physical environmental factors and social values and attitudes. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 272 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index. |
| ISBN: |
1429404817 9781429404815 1280530588 9781280530586 |