Homicide: A Sociological Explanation

by Leonard Beeghley

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0847694739

ISBN13:9780847694730

Release Date:May 2003

Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 7.1" x 8.8"

Related Subjects

Criminology Murder & Mayhem Social Science Social Sciences True Accounts True Crime

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