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Violence in America
The History of Crime
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Volume:
1
Series:
Violence, Cooperation, Peace
Violence, Cooperation, Peace
Other Titles in:
Criminology & Criminal Justice (General)
Criminology & Criminal Justice (General)
July 1989 | 280 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This third edition of Violence in America is a completely new book with all 12 chapters of this volume written specifically for it. These chapters survey a wealth of new research on the long-term dynamics of murder and other crimes of violence. The contributors identify and diagnose the circumstances of recurring epidemics of violent crime that have swept the social landscape of the United States in the last 150 years, including waves of immigration, the social dislocation of war, and growing concentrations of urban poverty. They also evaluate the traits of political assassins and assess the pros and cons of gun control for reducing crime.
Foreword to the 1988 Edition
Ted Robert Gurr
The History of Violent Crime in America
Ted Robert Gurr
Historical Trends in Violent Crime
Roger Lane
On the History (and Future) of Homicide in America
Eric H Monkkonen
Diverging Homicide Rates, England and the United States, 1850-1875
Neil Alan Weiner and Margaret A Zahn
Violence Arrests in the City
Roger D McGrath
Violence and Lawlessness on the Western Frontier
Mark H Haller
Bootlegging
Colin Loftin, David McDowall and James Boudouris
Economic Change and Homicide in Detroit, 1926-1979
James W Clarke
Identifying Potential Assassins
Don B Kates Jr
Firearms and Violence
Margaret A Zahn
Homicide in the Twentieth Century United States
Wesley G Skogan
Social Change and the Future of Violent Crime in the United States
Richard Maxwell Brown
Crime, Law, and Society in America