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Homicide

A Sociological Explanation

Homicide( )
Author: Beeghley, Leonard
ISBN:978-0-8476-9472-3
Publication Date:May 2003
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $138.00
Book Description:

Echoing Durkheim's Suicide, this book focuses on one important phenomenon to explain larger currents in American society. Leonard Beeghley examines the historical and cross-national dimensions of homicides and evaluates previous attempts to explain it. He finds the sources of America's murder rate in the greater availability of guns, the expansion of illegal drug markets, greater racial discrimination, more exposure to violence, and sharper economic inequalities. He deftly...
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Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Criminology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.18 x 9.26 x 0.77 Inches
Book Weight:0.948 Pounds



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