Name: Studying and Preventing Homicide By M. Dwayne Smith
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Studying and Preventing Homicide: Issues and Challenges by M. Dwayne Smith

A comprehensive exploration, Studying and Prevention of Homicide offers thoroughly researched chapters by a distinguished group of contributors. Leading scholars in the field, editors M. Dwayne Smith and Margaret A. Zahn have compiled an extensive range of topics including: mass and serial murders, homicides by youth, gang homicides, domestic homicides, homicides by female offenders, and alcohol/drug related homicides.

PART ONE: THE STUDY OF HOMICIDE Introduction - M Dwayne Smith and Margaret A Zahn Homicide in the 20th Century United States - Margaret A Zahn and Patricia L McCall Trends and Patterns Sources of Homicide Data - Marc Riedel PART TWO: SPECIAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF HOMICIDE Homicide Between Intimate Partners - Angela Browne, Kirk R Williams and Donald Dutton Serial Murder - James Alan Fox and Jack Levin Myths and Realities Drugs, Alcohol, and Homicide - Kathleen Auerhahn and Robert Nash Parker Homicide - Gary LaFree Cross-National Perspectives PART THREE: ISSUES INVOLVING HOMICIDE AMONG DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS African Americans and Homicide - Darnell F Hawkins Latinos and Homicide - Ramiro Martinez Jr and Matthew T Lee Youth Homicide - Kathleen M Heide Gang Homicide - Cheryl Maxson PART FOUR: PREVENTING HOMICIDE: PROPOSED STRATEGIES Capital Punishment, Homicide, and Deterrence - William C Bailey and Ruth D Peterson An Assessment of the Evidence Guns, Gun Control, and Homicide - Philip J Cook and Mark H Moore Preventing Homicide - James A Mercy and W Rodney Hammond A Public Health Perspective

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ISBN 13

9780761907688

ISBN 10

0761907688

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Studying and Preventing Homicide: Issues and Challenges by M. Dwayne Smith

Author

M. Dwayne Smith

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Paperback

Publisher

SAGE Publications Inc

Year published

1998-10-15

Number of pages

320

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Studying and Preventing Homicide M. Dwayne Smith

Studying and Preventing Homicide by M. Dwayne Smith

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Studying and Preventing Homicide: Issues and Challenges by M. Dwayne Smith

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