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- catalog abstract ""Carefully organized and edited, the 25 contributions to this sourcebook have been prepared by leading scholars, each in a particular research area, providing summaries of the current state of knowledge for the subject of their expertise. The authors, many from the Homicide Research Working Group, provide assessment of empirical knowledge regarding social theories of homicide; methodological issues in the study of homicide; homicide research among specific groups, including youth homicide, gang homicide African Americans and homicide, and Latinos and homicide; homicide among intimate partners serial murders; and the role of drugs and alcohol in homicide. The contributors also explore solutions regarding the death penalty, gun control, public health programs, and community involvement as well as public policy reactions designed to prevent homicide. In an important concluding chapter, the editors tackle unresolved problems and issues in the study of homicide." "Comprehensive and authoritative, Homicide is a necessary reference book for researchers, academics, and sophisticated practitioners concerned with all types of homicide. It will also be appealing for graduate students in criminal justice, criminology, and sociology."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11055091.
- catalog contributor b11055092.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Carefully organized and edited, the 25 contributions to this sourcebook have been prepared by leading scholars, each in a particular research area, providing summaries of the current state of knowledge for the subject of their expertise. The authors, many from the Homicide Research Working Group, provide assessment of empirical knowledge regarding social theories of homicide; methodological issues in the study of homicide; homicide research among specific groups, including youth homicide, gang homicide African Americans and homicide, and Latinos and homicide; homicide among intimate partners serial murders; and the role of drugs and alcohol in homicide. The contributors also explore solutions regarding the death penalty, gun control, public health programs, and community involvement as well as public policy reactions designed to prevent homicide. In an important concluding chapter, the editors tackle unresolved problems and issues in the study of homicide." "Comprehensive and authoritative, Homicide is a necessary reference book for researchers, academics, and sophisticated practitioners concerned with all types of homicide. It will also be appealing for graduate students in criminal justice, criminology, and sociology."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A sourcebook for the study of homicide / M. Dwayne Smith and Margaret A. Zahn -- Trends and patterns of homicide in the 20th-century United States / Margaret A. Zahn and Patricia L. McCall -- Social structure and homicide: theory and research / Steven F. Messner and Richard Rosenfeld -- Cultural and subcultural theories of homicide / Jay Corzine, Lin Huff-Corzine, and Hugh P. Whitt -- An evolutionary psychological perspective on homicide / Martin Daly and Margo Wilson -- Sources of homicide data: a review and comparison / Marc Riedel -- Categorizing homicides: the use of disaggregated data in homicide research / Robert L. Flewelling and Kirk R. Williams -- Determining social-structural predictors of homicide: units of analysis and related methodological concerns / Karen F. Parker, Patricia L. McCall, and Kenneth C. Land -- A summary and review of cross-national comparative studies of homicide / Gary LaFree -- ".
- catalog description "Combining action and analysis to prevent homicide: a public health perspective / James A. Mercy and W. Rodney Hammond.".
- catalog description "Homicide between intimate partners: a 20-year review / Angela Browne, Kirk R. Williams, and Donald G. Dutton -- Serial murder: popular myths and empirical realities / James Alan Fox and Jack Levin -- Drugs, alcohol, and homicide: issues in theory and research / Robert Nash Parker and Kathleen Auerhahn -- What can we learn from data disaggregation? The case of homicide and African Americans / Darnell F. Hawkins -- Extending ethnicity in homicide research: the case of Latinos / Ramiro Martinez Jr. and Matthew T. Lee -- Youth homicide: an integration of psychological, sociological, and biological approaches / Kathleen M. Heide -- Gang homicide: a review and extension of the literature / Cheryl L. Maxson -- Capital punishment, homicide, and deterrence: an assessment of the evidence and extension to female homicide / William C. Bailey and Ruth D. Peterson -- Guns, gun control, and homicide: a review of research and public policy / Philip J. Cook and Mark H. Moore -- ".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-338) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xi, 356 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0761907653 (hardcover : acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "364.15/2/0973 21".
- catalog subject "HV6529 .H675 1999".
- catalog subject "Homicide United States.".
- catalog subject "Homicide.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A sourcebook for the study of homicide / M. Dwayne Smith and Margaret A. Zahn -- Trends and patterns of homicide in the 20th-century United States / Margaret A. Zahn and Patricia L. McCall -- Social structure and homicide: theory and research / Steven F. Messner and Richard Rosenfeld -- Cultural and subcultural theories of homicide / Jay Corzine, Lin Huff-Corzine, and Hugh P. Whitt -- An evolutionary psychological perspective on homicide / Martin Daly and Margo Wilson -- Sources of homicide data: a review and comparison / Marc Riedel -- Categorizing homicides: the use of disaggregated data in homicide research / Robert L. Flewelling and Kirk R. Williams -- Determining social-structural predictors of homicide: units of analysis and related methodological concerns / Karen F. Parker, Patricia L. McCall, and Kenneth C. Land -- A summary and review of cross-national comparative studies of homicide / Gary LaFree -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Combining action and analysis to prevent homicide: a public health perspective / James A. Mercy and W. Rodney Hammond.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Homicide between intimate partners: a 20-year review / Angela Browne, Kirk R. Williams, and Donald G. Dutton -- Serial murder: popular myths and empirical realities / James Alan Fox and Jack Levin -- Drugs, alcohol, and homicide: issues in theory and research / Robert Nash Parker and Kathleen Auerhahn -- What can we learn from data disaggregation? The case of homicide and African Americans / Darnell F. Hawkins -- Extending ethnicity in homicide research: the case of Latinos / Ramiro Martinez Jr. and Matthew T. Lee -- Youth homicide: an integration of psychological, sociological, and biological approaches / Kathleen M. Heide -- Gang homicide: a review and extension of the literature / Cheryl L. Maxson -- Capital punishment, homicide, and deterrence: an assessment of the evidence and extension to female homicide / William C. Bailey and Ruth D. Peterson -- Guns, gun control, and homicide: a review of research and public policy / Philip J. Cook and Mark H. Moore -- ".
- catalog title "Homicide : a sourcebook of social research / M. Dwayne Smith, Margaret A. Zahn, editors.".
- catalog type "text".