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Homicide
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A Sociological Explanation
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Artikel-Nr:
9780847694723
Veröffentl:
2003
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
28.01.2003
Seiten:
238
Autor:
Leonard Beeghley
Gewicht:
545 g
Format:
235x157x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Leonard Beeghley is professor of sociology at the University of Florida.
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 blends the evidence related to each of these factors into a well-reasoned sociological analysis of the nature of American society.
Chapter 1 I. Homicide as a Routine Event Chapter 2 II. How to Understand Homicide Chapter 3 III. Homicide in Cross-National and Historical Perspective Chapter 4 IV. The American Dream and Homicide: A Critique Chapter 5 V. Social Structure and Homicide Chapter 6 VI. Is Change Possible?