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Author Miethe, Terance D.

Title Rethinking homicide [electronic resource] : exploring the structure and process underlying deadly situations / Terance D. Miethe and Wendy C. Regoeczi with assistance from Kriss A. Drass.

Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxii, 320 p. : ill.
Series Cambridge studies in criminology
Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-306) and indexes.
Contents Introduction: studying homicide situations -- Theoretical development -- Data and methodology for studying homicide situations -- The empirical distribution of homicide -- Instrumental and expressive motives in homicide situations -- Gender differences in the structure of homicide situations -- Change and stability in the structure of youth homicide -- Racial differences in homicide situations -- Victim/offender relationships -- Conclusions and implications.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Homicide -- Research -- United States.
Criminology -- United States.
Crime -- United States -- Sociological aspects.
Homicide -- United States -- History.
Murder -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Regoeczi, Wendy C., 1972-
Drass, Kriss A., 1953-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0511164424
0521540585 (pbk.)
0521832993 (hbk.)

 
    
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