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When killing is a crime / Tony Waters.
LIBRA HV6515 .W33 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waters, Tony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--Case studies.
- Murder.
- Homicide--Case studies.
- Homicide.
- Manslaughter--Case studies.
- Manslaughter.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 252 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007.
- Contents:
- The criminalization of killing
- The invention of murder : killing and the law
- The ecology of violence : from hurt feelings to fatal blows
- Societies respond to killers : the need for catharsis and outrage
- When the state kills : execution, war, and genocide
- Understanding the sociology of killing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781588265142
- 1588265145
- 9781588265395
- 1588265390
- OCLC:
- 132681492
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