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Serious Violence [electronic resource] : Patterns of Homicide and Assault in America
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harries, Keith D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Assault and battery--United States.
- Homicide--United States.
- Violent crimes--United States--Prevention.
- Violent crimes--United States.
- Violent crimes.
- Homicide.
- Assault and battery.
- Local Subjects:
- Assault and battery--United States.
- Homicide--United States.
- Violent crimes--United States--Prevention.
- Violent crimes--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Other Title:
- Serious Violence
- Place of Publication:
- : Charles C Thomas, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The purpose of this book is to draw attention to serious violence in America now unprecedented since prohibition with homicide and assault a critical social problem with drug-related injuries and deaths. Public concern has never been greater. Entire neighborhoods in under-class areas of inner cities are routinely terrorized so that people are unwilling to step outside after dark and feel unsafe even in their own homes. Yet no coherent public policy has been put in place to tackle this extraordinary phenomenon. Typically, efforts are piecemeal and ineffectual, characterized so often in recent y
- Contents:
- ""HALF TITLE: SERIOUS VIOLENCE ""; ""TITLE PAGE: Second Edition SERIOUS VIOLENCE Patterns of Homicide and Assault in America""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""SERIOUS VIOLENCE""; ""Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND, RATIONALE, PLAN OF ATTACK""; ""Chapter 2: THE ECOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT, THEORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND VIOLENCE""; ""Chapter 3: CRIME CLASSIFICATION: THE CASE OF HOMICIDE AND ASSAULT ""; ""Chapter 4: HOMICIDE: REGIONAL PATTERNS""; ""Chapter 5: PERCEPTUAL DIMENSIONS: PUNISHMENT AND SERIOUSNESS ""; ""Chapter 6: HOMICIDE IN CITIES""; ""Chapter 7: ASSAULT ENVIRONMENTS""
- ""Chapter 8: DRUGS AND VIOLENCE""""Chapter 9: PUBLIC POLICY IN SPATIAL CONTEXT""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-398-08936-1
- OCLC:
- 851972443
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