03531nam 22007333u 450 991045437410332120220214195352.01-280-53058-80-19-802709-5(CKB)1000000000718375(EBL)271266(OCoLC)476006767(SSID)ssj0000358494(PQKBManifestationID)12152436(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358494(PQKBWorkID)10376918(PQKB)10994243(MiAaPQ)EBC271266(EXLCZ)99100000000071837520140113d1999|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrCrime Is Not the Problem[electronic resource] Lethal Violence in AmericaNew York Oxford University Press19991 online resource (287 p.)Studies in crime and public policy Crime is not the problemDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-511065-X 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 PreventionAppendix 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 Mass Communications and Homicide; Appendix 6. Drugs and Homicide in the District of Columbia: A Research Note; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; WThis text has three aims: the first is to show that what separates the USA from other countries is not crime rates but lethal violence. Secondly, the book seeks to clarify the causes of violence by looking at the proximate causes of violence. The last section concerns the prevention of violence.ViolenceViolent crimesViolent crimes - United StatesViolent crimesPreventionUnited StatesViolenceUnited StatesViolent crimesUnited StatesCriminology, Penology & Juvenile DelinquencyHILCCSocial Welfare & Social WorkHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCElectronic books.Violence.Violent crimes.Violent crimes - United States.Violent crimesPreventionViolenceViolent crimesCriminology, Penology & Juvenile DelinquencySocial Welfare & Social WorkSocial Sciences364.1364.150973Zimring Franklin E472956Hawkins Gordon1919-2004.974237AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910454374103321Crime Is Not the Problem2217952UNINA