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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172232803321

Autore

Short Jr., James F.

Titolo

Poverty, Ethnicity, And Violent Crime / / Jr., James F. Short

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-97774-3

0-367-31738-9

0-429-49811-X

0-429-96666-0

1-4294-9082-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 244 p. ) : ill. ;

Collana

Crime & Society

Disciplina

364.2/56

Soggetti

Violent crimes - United States

Poor - United States

Ethnicity - United States

Social problems - United States

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter One Introduction / James F. Short -- chapter Two Measuring Violent Crime: Trends and Social Distributions / James F. Short -- chapter Three “Levels of Explanation” of Violent Crime / James F. Short -- chapter Four Community and Neighborhood Contexts of Violent Crime / James F. Short -- chapter Five The Role of Unsupervised Youth Groups in Violence / James F. Short -- chapter Six Levels of Explanation of Violent Behavior Committed in Groups / James F. Short -- chapter Seven Explaining Violent Crime: The Macrosocial Level of Explanation / James F. Short -- chapter Eight The Individual Level of Explanation: Biobehavioral Influences and Control / James F. Short -- chapter Nine Explaining Violence: Learning, Personality, and Social Contexts of Poverty, Race, and Ethnicity / James F. Short -- chapter Ten Controlling Violent Crime / James F. Short.

Sommario/riassunto

"Violent crime in America is more strongly associated with poverty and



with changing social and economic conditions than with race or ethnicity, and patterns of violence are changing. These are among the conclusions of Poverty, Ethnicity, and Violent Crime, a searching analysis that draws on scholarly research from all the social and behavioral sciences. By framing his analysis in terms of different levels of explanation, James Short is able to identify fundamental causal conditions and processes that result in violent crime. The book also examines current policies and political and scholarly controversies concerning the control of violent crime. This book can serve as a text or as supplementary reading for a variety of criminology courses. }Violent crime in America is more strongly associated with poverty and with changing social and economic conditions than with race or ethnicity, and patterns of violence are changing. These are among the conclusions of Poverty, Ethnicity, and Violent Crime, a searching analysis that draws on scholarly research from all the social and behavioral sciences. By framing his analysis in terms of different levels of explanation, James Short is able to identify fundamental causal conditions and processes that result in violent crime. The book also examines current policies and political and scholarly controversies concerning the control of violent crime. This book can serve as a text or as supplementary reading for a variety of criminology courses. }"--Provided by publisher.