Rethinking homicide [electronic resource] : exploring the structure and process underlying deadly situations / Terance D. Miethe and Wendy C. Regoeczi with assistance from Kriss A. Drass.
By: Miethe, Terance D.
Contributor(s): Regoeczi, Wendy C | Drass, Kriss A | ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press): Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004Description: xxii, 320 p. : ill.Subject(s): Homicide -- Research -- United States | Criminology -- United States | Crime -- Sociological aspects -- United States | Homicide -- United States -- History | Murder -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-306) and indexes.
Introduction: studying homicide situations -- Theoretical development -- Data and methodology for studying homicide situations -- The empirical distribution of homicide -- Instrumental and expressive motives in homicide situations -- Gender differences in the structure of homicide situations -- Change and stability in the structure of youth homicide -- Racial differences in homicide situations -- Victim/offender relationships -- Conclusions and implications.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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