Murder American Style (Criminal Justice Series) - Couverture souple

Alvarez, Alex

 
9780534534707: Murder American Style (Criminal Justice Series)

Synopsis

A part of the Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series, this text is one of a few to exclusively address the core issues that relate to criminal homicide in the United States. MURDER AMERICAN STYLE provides an interdisciplinary theoretical approach to understanding the patterns and trends of lethal violence in America.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos des auteurs

Alex Alvarez is currently Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University. He is also the director of the Martin-Springer Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, Tolerance, and Humanitarian Values. He has extensively researched and published on the causes and consequences of both collective and interpersonal violence and has served as the associate editor for the peer reviewed journal VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS. His book, GOVERNMENT, CITIZENS, AND GENOCIDE: A COMPARATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, was published by Indiana University Press in 2001.

Ronett Bachman is currently Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Delaware. Recent books include THE PRACTICE OF RESEARCH IN CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE (Pine Forge Press, 2001) with Russell Schutt, and EXPLAINING CRIME AND CRIMINALS (Roxbury Publishing, 2000) with Raymond Paternoster.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.