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Pearson-Nelson Benjamin <1978-> |
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Understanding homicide trends : the social context of a homicide epidemic / / Benjamin Pearson-Nelson |
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New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (201 p.) |
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Collana |
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Criminal justice : recent scholarship |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Homicide - United States |
Drug abuse and crime - United States |
Population density - United States |
Cocaine abuse - United States |
Crime forecasting - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-187) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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