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Mathieu Deflem - Homicide and Violent Crime, Inbunden

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Homicide and Violent Crime

Av Mathieu Deflem

Del 23 i serien Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance

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This volume of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance addresses a variety of issues and concerns involved with the study of violent crime and homicide in the contemporary world. The chapters are conceived against the background of the enduring nature of violence and killing in the modern age, despite trends towards increased levels of civilization and the protection of rights. Whilst it is clear that the world of today is, in many respects, a better place, violence and homicide remain and even increase from time to time and from place to place.Each chapter tackles key questions of how and why these problematic forms of behaviour continue to exist. Specifically, chapters examine the killing of children, responses to domestic abuse, female killers, incidents of racial and religious violence, the dynamics of violence on college campuses, the role of police and state institutions in relation to violence, and global aspects of violence and murder. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in criminology, sociology, criminal justice, and public policy.
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Mathieu Deflem is Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina, USA. He studied Sociology and Anthropology at universities in Belgium, England, and the United States, where he obtained his PhD from the University of Colorado in 1996. His research and teaching interests include sociology of law, policing, terrorism, popular culture, and sociological theory, areas in which he has published widely. He is series editor of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance.

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Contributed by criminal justice and sociology specialists from North America, the 13 chapters in this volume consider key issues and questions related to the sociology of violence and homicide, mainly in the US. They address the role of family and gender, including child murder, the Dallas Domestic Violence Task Force and its response to domestic violence, and female homicide offenders; institutions and identity aspects involved in violent crime, including the relationship between religion and violence in the context of the Manson Family, violence on college campuses, and serious forms of bias violence; the role of police and other state institutions, including trends in homicide clearances, police violence involving minority citizens, how police typically respond to instances of violence, and the role of the American Dream in racial violence; and global and comparative dimensions, including international trends of homicide, the role of poverty and homicide around the world, and strategies to address criminal homicide in Trinidad and Tobago.

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