Rethinking homicide : exploring the structure and process underlying deadly situations /
Using multiple data sources and methods, this book involves a micro-historical analysis of the nature of change and stability in homicide situations over time. It focuses on the homicide situation as the unit of analysis, and explores similarities and differences in the context of homicide for diffe...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
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| Summary: | Using multiple data sources and methods, this book involves a micro-historical analysis of the nature of change and stability in homicide situations over time. It focuses on the homicide situation as the unit of analysis, and explores similarities and differences in the context of homicide for different social groups. For example, using Qualitative Comparative Analysis, we investigate whether various social groups (e.g., men vs. women, teenagers vs. adults, strangers vs. intimates, Blacks vs. Whites) kill under qualitatively different circumstances and, if so, what are the characteristics of these unique profiles. The analysis of over 400,000 US homicides is supplemented with qualitative analysis of narrative accounts of homicide events to more fully investigate the structure and process underlying these lethal situations. Our findings of unique and common homicide situations across different time periods and social groups are then discussed in terms of their implications for criminological theory and public policy. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 320 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-306) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0511166354 9780511166358 0511164424 9780511164422 0521540585 9780521540582 0521832993 9780521832991 9780511499487 0511499485 9786610437283 6610437289 0511165226 9780511165221 1107149010 9781107149014 1280437286 9781280437281 0511184441 9780511184444 0511313071 9780511313073 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |