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When crime waves / Vincent F. Sacco.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sacco, Vincent.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime.
- Criminology.
- Criminal statistics.
- Mass media and crime.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A critical examination of crime waves aimed at an undergraduate audience. Historical & contemporary examples are drawn primarily from the US, but international examples are threaded throughout for comparison.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - What Are Crime Waves?; Chapter 2 - Why Do Crime Rates Go Up and Down?: Dislocation, Diffusion, and Innovation; Chapter 3 - Crime Waves by the Numbers; Chapter 4 - Mass Media and Crime Waves; Chapter 5 - That's the Rumor; Chapter 6 - Being Afraid; Chapter 7 - Crime Waves and Public Policy; Chapter 8 - Crime Waves: A Skeptic's Guide; References; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-199) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781483328799
- 1483328791
- 9781452245454
- 1452245452
- OCLC:
- 809774427
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