When crime waves [[electronic resource] /] / Vincent F. Sacco
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| Autore: |
Sacco Vincent
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| Titolo: |
When crime waves [[electronic resource] /] / Vincent F. Sacco
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : SAGE, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 209 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364 |
| Soggetto topico: | Crime |
| Criminology | |
| Criminal statistics | |
| Mass media and crime | |
| Criminal justice, Administration of | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-199) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - What Are Crime Waves?; Chapter 2 - Why Do Crime Rates Go Up and Down?: Dislocation, Diffusion, and Innovation; Chapter 3 - Crime Waves by the Numbers; Chapter 4 - Mass Media and Crime Waves; Chapter 5 - That's the Rumor; Chapter 6 - Being Afraid; Chapter 7 - Crime Waves and Public Policy; Chapter 8 - Crime Waves: A Skeptic's Guide; References; Index; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A critical examination of crime waves aimed at an undergraduate audience. Historical & contemporary examples are drawn primarily from the US, but international examples are threaded throughout for comparison. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | When crime waves |
| ISBN: | 1-4833-2879-1 |
| 1-4522-4545-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791718803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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