American homicide. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard M. Hough, Kimberly D. McCorkle, University of West Florida.
• Authors: Hough, Richard M; McCorkle, Kimberly D
• Contents: CHAPTER 1: Introducing You to Homicide; Introduction; Homicide: What Most People Think They Know; Organization of the Book; Historic and Contemporary; What This Book Is Not; Policy Implications; CHAPTER 2: Who's Killing Whom and How Much; Introduction; What We Measure; How We Measure; Studying Homicide Situations; Data Challenges; CHAPTER 3: Murder by the Numbers; Introduction; Victims—Who Dies; Offenders—Categories and Demographics; Location, Location, Location; Weapons Used in Violence; Other Circumstances; Trends and Patterns; Homicide Internationally; CHAPTER 4: Why We Do It: Theories of Homicide; Introduction: Sociological and Criminological Perspectives; Individual Explanations; Social Structural; Life Course, Lifestyle, and Routine Activities Theory; CHAPTER 5: Confrontational Homicide; Introduction; Victim Precipitation; Honor Contests; Road Rage; Audience; Alcohol; Physiology; Girls, Women, and Confrontational Violence; Investigative Considerations; CHAPTER 6: Intimate Partner Homicide; Introduction and Definitions; Rates; Dynamics of Intimate Partner Homicide; Theories to Explain Intimate Partner Homicide; Lethality Assessment; Fatality Review Teams; Prosecuting Intimate Partner Homicide; CHAPTER 7: All in the Family; Introduction; Familicide; Parents and Children; Other Family Killings; CHAPTER 8: School Killings; Introduction—Perception and Prevalence; Mass Shootings and Attacks; The Killers; Motivations of Those who Kill; Policy Responses; CHAPTER 9: Workplace Mass Killings; Introduction; Workplace Violence; Workplace Victims; The Workplace Killer; Assessing Violence Potential; Policy Implications; CHAPTER 10: Tool of Terror; Introduction; Definition and History; Acts of Terror; Who are Terrorists?; Hate Crimes and Killing; Role of the Media; Stopping Terrorists; CHAPTER 11: Serial Killing; Introduction; Myth and Mayhem; Typologies; Profiling Serial Killers; Female Serial Killers; Medical or Healthcare Serial Killers; Team Serial Killers; Catching Serial killers; CHAPTER 12: Cults and Gangs; Introduction; Cult Leaders and Followers; Assessing Impacts; Policy Implications; Gangs and Killing; CHAPTER 13: Solving Homicides; Introduction; First Officer on the Scene; Investigator Arrives; Documentation; Collection of Evidence; ME or No ME?; Prosecutor: Who Needs ‘Em?; Technology; Case Personnel; Working With the Media; CHAPTER 14: Murder in Court; Introduction; Stages in Homicide Cases; Building the Case and Charging Decisions; Evidentiary Issues; Defense Attorney Functions and Tactics; Ethical Issues; Plea-Bargaining; Sentencing; CHAPTER 15: Victims, Society, and the Future; Introduction; Victim Impact; Public Health Perspective; Criminal Justice System Response and Legislation; Societal Issues; Predicting Violence; References; Index; About the Authors;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: 364.1520973; Homicide -- United States; Murder -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483384160; 1483384160
• 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).
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