Murder American Style,9780534534707

Murder American Style

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780534534707
ISBN10: 0534534708
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-07-24
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

A part of the Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series, this book is one of a few to exclusively address the core issues that relate to criminal homicide in the United States. MURDER AMERICAN STYLE provides an interdisciplinary theoretical approach to understand the patterns and trends of lethal American violence.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Acknowledgments x
Through the Looking Glass
1(22)
Reporting on Murder in the Media
1(7)
Fear of Crime and Public Policy
8(3)
Defining Murder
11(5)
Measuring Murder
16(3)
Organization of the Book
19(1)
Notes
20(3)
A Murderous Society
23(32)
Introduction
23(2)
Historic Overview of Violence
25(5)
Murder Trends in the Twentieth Century
30(3)
Regional Differences
33(2)
The Characteristics of Murder in the United States
35(4)
Recent Trends in Murder
39(5)
Victim-Offender Relationships in Murder
44(3)
International Comparisons
47(3)
Summary
50(1)
Notes
50(5)
Why we Kill
55(23)
Introduction
55(1)
Explanations of Homicide Offending
56(17)
Summary
73(1)
Notes
74(4)
Deadly Interactions
78(17)
Introduction
78(2)
Homicide Events
80(3)
Murderous Interactions
83(4)
A Comment on Homicide Offenders
87(2)
Robbery Homicides
89(3)
Summary
92(1)
Notes
92(3)
Dangerous Relations
95(22)
Introduction
95(2)
Intimate Partner Homicide
97(8)
Parents Who Kill Their Children
105(3)
Children Who Kill Their Parents
108(1)
Other Family Homicides
109(2)
Explanations of Family and Intimate Partner Homicide
111(2)
Summary
113(1)
Notes
113(4)
When there are Multiple Victims
117(25)
Introduction
117(2)
Mass Murder
119(7)
Spree Murder
126(2)
Serial Murder
128(10)
Summary
138(1)
Notes
138(4)
Tools of Death
142(22)
Introduction
142(1)
Firearms
143(7)
Alcohol
150(3)
Illicit Drugs
153(6)
Summary
159(1)
Notes
160(4)
Capital Punishment
164(21)
Introduction
164(1)
The Death Penalty in the United States
165(4)
The Death Penalty Internationally
169(2)
Death Penalty Justifications
171(4)
Problems in Administering the Death Penalty
175(6)
Summary
181(1)
Notes
182(3)
Where do we go From Here?
185(22)
The Hidden Victims
186(6)
In Guns we Trust
192(5)
Poverty and Inequality
197(2)
Recent Developments in Capital Punishment
199(5)
Summary
204(1)
Notes
204(3)
Index 207

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