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The Resource Crime is not the problem : lethal violence in America, Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins

Crime is not the problem : lethal violence in America, Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins

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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? 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
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 272 pages)
Contents
  • 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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9781280530586
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Crime is not the problem : lethal violence in America
Title
Crime is not the problem
Title remainder
lethal violence in America
Statement of responsibility
Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins
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Language
eng
Summary
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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364.1
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illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HV6789
LC item number
.Z55 1997eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Studies in crime and public policy
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Crime is not the problem : lethal violence in America, Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index
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online resource
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Content type code
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Content type MARC source
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Contents
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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ocm71801066
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1 online resource (xii, 272 pages)
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online
Isbn
9781280530586
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computer
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rdamedia
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c
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illustrations
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not applicable
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.b23625491
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remote
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  • (OCoLC)71801066
  • acaebk1280530588
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