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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825338003321

Autore

Pearson-Nelson Benjamin <1978->

Titolo

Understanding homicide trends : the social context of a homicide epidemic / / Benjamin Pearson-Nelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-59332-353-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Disciplina

364.1520973

Soggetti

Homicide - United States

Drug abuse and crime - United States

Population density - United States

Cocaine abuse - United States

Crime forecasting - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- An Epidemic of Violence: U.S. Homicide Trends -- The Homicide Epidemic: Crafting a Theoretical Framework -- What We Know about the Homicide Epidemic and Where We Go From Here -- The Analytical Approach to the Homicide Epidemic: Measuring Variables and Statistical Modeling -- The Social Context of Major Cities and Tests on the Epidemic Parameters -- The Homicide Epidemic: What We Have Learned and the Next Stage of Inquiry -- Appendices -- References -- Index.