Fatal violence : case studies and analysis of emerging forms /: case studies and analysis of emerging forms. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ronald M. Holmes, Stephen T. Holmes.
• Authors: Holmes, Ronald M; Holmes, Stephen T
• Contents: Personal Violence in the United States-Suicide; Suicide in the United States; Suicide in Cohorts; Police; Corrections; Location and Suicide; Occupation and Suicide; Violent Crimes in the United States; Property Crime; Homicide Rates in the United States; Rape; Assault; Effects of Exposure to Violence; ; ; Street Gangs; The Crips; The Bloods; Outward Signs of the Bloods; MS-13; Identifiers; Employment; Initiation and Organization; The Latin Kings; Other Major Gangs; ; Motorcycle Gangs ; America’s Motorcycle Gangs: A Brief History; Biker Violence in Other Countries; Motorcycle Gangs in the United States: The "Big Four"; The Outlaws; Hells Angels; The Bandidos; The Pagans; ; Serial Murder; Initial Distinction of Serial Killers; Types of Serial Killers; Visionary Serial Killer; Mission Serial Killer; Hedonistic Serial Killer; Power/Control Serial Killer; How Many Serial Killers Are There?; History of Serial Murder in the United States; Theories of Serial Murder; Organized versus Disorganized Serial Killers; History of Serial Murder outside the United States; Serial Killers in the United Kingdom; Team Killers; ; Vampires and Cannibals; What Is a vampire?; The Vampire; The Rise in Popularity of Vampires; True Vampires; Cannibalism; Self-Cannibalism; Vampire and Cannibal Organizations; The Extent and Danger of Modern Day Vampires and Cannibals; ; Mass Murder ; History of Mass Murder in the United States; Types of Mass Killers; Classification of Mass Murderers; Disciple; Family Annihilator; Pseudocommando; Disgruntled Employee; Disgruntled Citizen; Set-and-Run; Psychotic; ; ; Parents Who Kill; Why Do Parents Kill?; Mothers Who Kill; The Victims of Children Killed by Parents; ; Violence in the Workplace; Statistics and Stories of Murder and Violence in the Workplace; Who Are the Perpetrators?; Who Are the Victims?; Occupations and Workplace Violence; Police Killed in the Workplace; Conclusion; ; Rape; Rape; Rape as a Weapon; Why Do Men Rape?; The Extent of Rape; Children; Victims of Rape; Rape and the Law; Characteristics of Rapists; ; ; School Shootings; Risk Factors; Infamous School Shootings; ; Hate Groups: The Ku Klux Klan, Skinheads, and Other Groups; The KKK: An Introduction to Two Centuries of Hate; Klan Activities; Hate in the 21st Century; Skinheads; Skinhead Groups in the United States; The Internet and Hate; Economy; Blogs, Twitters, and Chat Channels; Immediate Access to the Entire World; Educational; Finding Others of the Same Interests; ; Youth Violence: An Alternative Explanation; The Cultural Transmission Hypothesis; The Causes of Juvenile Violence; The Cultural Transmission of Values Hypothesis; Historical and Academic Roots of the Cultural Transmission; Hypothesis; The Extant Data; Pathways for Further Research; ; Index;
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (214 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 364.15; Violent crimes -- Case studies; Violent deaths -- Case studies; Homicide -- Case studies; Violence -- Case studies; Homicide; Violence; Violent crimes; Violent deaths; Electronic books; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439826881; 1439826889
• Related ISBNs: 9781439826874
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Print version record.
• 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.