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- catalog abstract ""Virtually all of the 52 pieces in this volume were originally written by one or both of the authors as opinion columns in newspapers published around the country. In many of their essays, Levin and Fox suggest answers; in others, they ask questions and are critical of the answers proposed and implemented by policy makers. But, in each and every piece, they apply criminological thinking or research to address the problem of reducing murder and mayhem."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Deadlines".
- catalog contributor b12121246.
- catalog contributor b12121247.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Virtually all of the 52 pieces in this volume were originally written by one or both of the authors as opinion columns in newspapers published around the country. In many of their essays, Levin and Fox suggest answers; in others, they ask questions and are critical of the answers proposed and implemented by policy makers. But, in each and every piece, they apply criminological thinking or research to address the problem of reducing murder and mayhem."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Homicide trends: The crime generation grows up right on schedule ; The calm before the crime wave storm ; An effective response to teenage crime is possible ; A longer view on the rise and fall of crime ; Spousal murders are declining -- pt. 2. Youth homicide: Translating concern about juvenile violence into collective action ; Hurting animals is an important clue ; Our new pastime ; Who's minding the kids? ; Mr. and Mrs. Bueller's night in jail -- pt. 3. School shootings: Again! : school attacks show need for new strategies ; Schools learning a grim lesson ; School violence : easy solutions that won't work and difficult ones that will ; A few bad apples ; Filling the after-school wasteland ; Responding to school violence ; A failing grade in response to Columbine -- pt. 4. Rampage: When misery has no company ; Termination can be murder ; American workplace need humanizing ; Postal violence : cycle of dispair turns tragic ; Placing the blame for the Palm Bay massacre -- ".
- catalog description "pt. 5. Hate homicide: Hatred : too close for comfort ; Is American culture to blame for the Oklahoma tragedy? ; German violence : are we next? ; Are we seeing a backlash to hate crime legislation? ; Shooting at the ivory tower -- pt. 6. Serial murder: Serial killers : how the statistics mislead us ; The menace of serial murder ; Andrew Cunanan : America's bogey man ; Facts, not fluff -- pt. 7. Culture of killing: We're veering off course ; A culture that's ripe to sustain evil ; Two thumbs down for TV ratings -- pt. 8. Guns: The gun control debate needs some middle ground ; Bush blocks fight against assault guns ; The assault weapons ban does more harm than good -- ".
- catalog description "pt. 9. Justice system response to murder: Safety's on the line ; Effective police departments not built solely on test scores ; Get smart, not tough, on juvenile crime ; john Salvi's insanity was ignored ; Does Salvi's suicide show new insanity plea needed? ; When crime pays and punishment doesn't fit the crime ; When the end justifies the means ; Stop sending folks to jail -- pt. 10. Capital punishment: Life without hope ; Is the death sentence justice or vengeance? ; A freeze on executions ; The Senate's empty gesture ; Too easy to kill -- pt. 11. Victims: San Ysidro's shameful apathy ; A train tragedy humanized.".
- catalog extent "ix, 133 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Dead lines.".
- catalog identifier "0205335217".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dead lines.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Needham Heights, MA : Allyn & Bacon,".
- catalog relation "Dead lines.".
- catalog subject "364.15/23 21".
- catalog subject "HV6515 .L48x 2001".
- catalog subject "Homicide.".
- catalog subject "Murder.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Homicide trends: The crime generation grows up right on schedule ; The calm before the crime wave storm ; An effective response to teenage crime is possible ; A longer view on the rise and fall of crime ; Spousal murders are declining -- pt. 2. Youth homicide: Translating concern about juvenile violence into collective action ; Hurting animals is an important clue ; Our new pastime ; Who's minding the kids? ; Mr. and Mrs. Bueller's night in jail -- pt. 3. School shootings: Again! : school attacks show need for new strategies ; Schools learning a grim lesson ; School violence : easy solutions that won't work and difficult ones that will ; A few bad apples ; Filling the after-school wasteland ; Responding to school violence ; A failing grade in response to Columbine -- pt. 4. Rampage: When misery has no company ; Termination can be murder ; American workplace need humanizing ; Postal violence : cycle of dispair turns tragic ; Placing the blame for the Palm Bay massacre -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 5. Hate homicide: Hatred : too close for comfort ; Is American culture to blame for the Oklahoma tragedy? ; German violence : are we next? ; Are we seeing a backlash to hate crime legislation? ; Shooting at the ivory tower -- pt. 6. Serial murder: Serial killers : how the statistics mislead us ; The menace of serial murder ; Andrew Cunanan : America's bogey man ; Facts, not fluff -- pt. 7. Culture of killing: We're veering off course ; A culture that's ripe to sustain evil ; Two thumbs down for TV ratings -- pt. 8. Guns: The gun control debate needs some middle ground ; Bush blocks fight against assault guns ; The assault weapons ban does more harm than good -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 9. Justice system response to murder: Safety's on the line ; Effective police departments not built solely on test scores ; Get smart, not tough, on juvenile crime ; john Salvi's insanity was ignored ; Does Salvi's suicide show new insanity plea needed? ; When crime pays and punishment doesn't fit the crime ; When the end justifies the means ; Stop sending folks to jail -- pt. 10. Capital punishment: Life without hope ; Is the death sentence justice or vengeance? ; A freeze on executions ; The Senate's empty gesture ; Too easy to kill -- pt. 11. Victims: San Ysidro's shameful apathy ; A train tragedy humanized.".
- catalog title "Dead lines : essays in murder and mayhem / by Jack Levin and James Alan Fox.".
- catalog title "Deadlines".
- catalog type "text".