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Zimring Franklin E |
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Crime Is Not the Problem [[electronic resource] ] : Lethal Violence in America |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
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1-280-53058-8 |
0-19-802709-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in crime and public policy Crime is not the problem |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HawkinsGordon <1919-2004.> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Violence |
Violent crimes |
Violent crimes - United States |
Violent crimes - Prevention - United States |
Violence - United States |
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency |
Social Welfare & Social Work |
Social Sciences |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The American Difference; 1. What Americans Fear; 2. Violence and the Growth of Crime: Some Lessons from Recent History; 3. Transnational Patterns; 4. American Lethal Violence: A Profile; 5. New Perspectives on African-American Violence; II: Correlates and Causes; 6. On Causes and Prevention; 7. Firearms and Lethal Violence; 8. On Mass Media Effects; 9. Only in America? Illicit Drugs and the Death Rate from Violence; III: Prevention; 10. Lethal Violence and the Criminal Law; 11. Strategies of Prevention |
Appendix 1. Explaining Distributions of Violence versus Levels of ViolenceAppendix 2. Assault in New York City and London; Appendix 3. Patterns of Three Violent Crimes in the United States; Appendix 4. Race and Lethal Violence: A Five-City Comparison; Appendix 5. Studies of |
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