Crime is Not the Problem: Lethal Violence in America (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)

Franklin E. Zimring; Gordon Hawkins

ISBN 10: 019511065X / ISBN 13: 9780195110654

Edité par Oxford University Press, 1997

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Synopsis :

This work 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, whereas 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, physical, and environmental factors and social values and attitudes.

Présentation de l'éditeur: This book 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.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Crime is Not the Problem: Lethal Violence in...
Éditeur : Oxford University Press
Date d'édition : 1997
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket