Understanding homicide trends : the social context of a homicide epidemic / Benjamin Pearson-Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearson-Nelson, Benjamin, 1978-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homicide--United States.

Homicide.

Drug abuse and crime--United States.

Drug abuse and crime.

Population density--United States.

Population density.

Cocaine abuse--United States.

Cocaine abuse.

Crime forecasting--United States.

Crime forecasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pearson-Nelson looks at the homicide epidemic of the late 1980s and early 1990s. His approach draws on epidemiological and sociological perspectives focused on the factors, positive and negative, related to the spread of the epidemic through urban areas. Key questions include: why did some cities experience the epidemic, while others did not? What variables affected the intensity and duration of the epidemic within cities? Pearson-Nelson finds that population density is the single most important variable. A measure of cocaine availability significantly affected the absolute magnitude of the epidemic; however, the findings indicate that greater cocaine availability actually reduced the magnitude of the epidemic.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

An Epidemic of Violence: U.S. Homicide Trends

The Homicide Epidemic: Crafting a Theoretical Framework

What We Know about the Homicide Epidemic and Where We Go From Here

The Analytical Approach to the Homicide Epidemic: Measuring Variables and Statistical Modeling

The Social Context of Major Cities and Tests on the Epidemic Parameters

The Homicide Epidemic: What We Have Learned and the Next Stage of Inquiry

Appendices

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-187) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-353-0

OCLC:

646770500