Understanding homicide. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fiona Brookman.
• Other Names: Brookman, Fiona
• Contents: PART ONE: PLACING HOMICIDE IN CONTEXT: Deconstructing homicide -- Patterns and characteristics of homicide in the UK -- PART TWO: EXPLANATIONS OF HOMICIDE: Biological explanations of homicide -- Psychological explanations of homicide -- Sociological explanations of homicide -- PART THREE: MAKING SENSE OF PARTICULAR FORMS OF HOMICIDE: When men kill -- When women kill -- The killing of children and infants -- Multiple homicide: 'Serial killers', terrorists, and corporations -- PART FOUR: DEALING WITH HOMICIDE: The investigation of homicide -- Preventing homicide in the UK -- Overview and conclusions -- Appendix.
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (368 pages)
• Subjects: 364.152; Homicide; Homicide; Homicide; Moorden; Doodslag; Tötung -- Grossbritannien; Homicide; Grossbritannien -- Tötung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446223888; 1446223884
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.