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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815427003321

Autore

Tibamanya mwene Mushanga

Titolo

Criminal homicide in Uganda : a sociological study of violent deaths in Ankole, Kigezi and Toro districts of western Uganda / / Mwene Mushanga ; introduction by Prof. Marshall B. Clinard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kampala, Uganda : , : LawAfrica, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

9966-031-95-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

364.1523096761

Soggetti

Homicide - Uganda

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

It is important to do research to try to find out what social forces account for such a high incidence of interpersonal violence in the developing countries and to discover any differences that exist between these countries and the more developed countries. Tibamanya Mushanga has attempted to do this in his study about homicide in Uganda. The research presents an analysis of the incidence, trends and patterns of criminal homicide from among a sample of 484 cases committed between 1955 and 1966 in three districts (Ankole, Toro and Kigezi) of Western Uganda. The primary source of his data was th