Crime is not the problem :: lethal violence in America /

This text has three main aims: the first is to show that what separates the USA from other countries is not crime rates but lethal violence. Crimes like burglary and theft are a part of modern urban life worldwide; shootings and stabbings are not - they are particularly American. Why is this so? Sec...

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1. Verfasser: Zimring, Franklin E.
Weitere Verfasser: Hawkins, Gordon, 1919-2004
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in crime and public policy.
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Zusammenfassung:This text has three main aims: the first is to show that what separates the USA from other countries is not crime rates but lethal violence. Crimes like burglary and theft are a part of modern urban life worldwide; shootings and stabbings are not - they are particularly American. Why is this so? Secondly, the book seeks to clarify the causes of violence by looking at the proximate causes of deadly violence - guns, violence in the media, drugs and the tradition of lethal violence are all examined. The concluding section of the book concerns the prevention of lethal violence as a priority issue. The authors discuss a range of anti-violence alternatives from change in the criminal law to social and physical environmental factors and social values and attitudes.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 272 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index.
ISBN:1429404817
9781429404815
1280530588
9781280530586
9786610530588
6610530580
9780195131055
0195131053
9780197718810
0197718817

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