American Homicide:

Authors Richard M. Hough and Kimberly D. McCorkle employ more than 30 years of academic and practitioner experience to help explain why and how people kill and how society reacts. This brief, yet comprehensive text takes a balanced approach, combining scholarly research and theory with compelling de...

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1. Verfasser: Hough, Richard M. Senior (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: McCorkle, Kimberly D. (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Thousand Oaks, Calif. SAGE Publications 2019
Ausgabe:2. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Authors Richard M. Hough and Kimberly D. McCorkle employ more than 30 years of academic and practitioner experience to help explain why and how people kill and how society reacts. This brief, yet comprehensive text takes a balanced approach, combining scholarly research and theory with compelling details about recent cases and coverage of current trends
COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- BRIEF CONTENTS -- DETAILED CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCING YOU TO HOMICIDE -- CHAPTER 2 - WHO'S KILLING WHOM AND HOW MUCH -- CHAPTER 3 - MURDER BY THE NUMBERS -- CHAPTER 4 - WHY WE DO IT: THEORIES OF HOMICIDE -- CHAPTER 5 - CONFRONTATIONAL HOMICIDE -- CHAPTER 6 - INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDE -- CHAPTER 7 - ALL IN THE FAMILY -- CHAPTER 8 - SCHOOL KILLINGS -- CHAPTER 9 - MASS MURDER IN PUBLIC AND THE WORKPLACE -- CHAPTER 10 - KILLINGS BY GROUPS: GANGS AND CULTS -- CHAPTER 11 - TOOL OF TERROR -- CHAPTER 12 - SERIAL KILLING -- CHAPTER 13 - SOLVING HOMICIDES -- CHAPTER 14 - MURDER IN COURT -- CHAPTER 15 - VICTIMS, SOCIETY, AND THE FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
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ISBN:9781544355993
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9781544356020