The study of violent crime : its correlates and concerns /: its correlates and concerns. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Scott Mire and Cliff Roberson.
• Other Names: Mire, Scott; Roberson, Cliff, 1937-
• Contents: Introduction to the Study of Violence; Defining Violence; Types of Violence; Methods of Violence; Violence Prevention Initiative; Cost of Violence; Trends in Violence; Historical Trends in Europe; Historical Trends in America; Theoretical Postulations Concerning Changing Rates of Violence; Predicting Violence; Correlates of Violence; Poverty and Violence; Alcohol Abuse and Violence; Abuse and Neglect Effect on Violence; Education and Violence; Sociological Aspects of Violence; Social Controls; Strain Theory and Violence; Control Theories and Violence; Cultural Conflict; Subculture of Violence; Differential Association; Psychological/Psychiatric Approaches to Understanding Violence; Nature of Violent Behavior; Cesare Beccaria; Utilitarianism; Psychiatric Explanations of Violence; Psychoanalytic Approaches; Emotional Problem Theories; Mental Disorders; Behavior and Social Learning Theories; Thinking Pattern Theories; Substance Abuse as a Cause of Violence; Intergenerational Transmission of Violence; Biological Factors and Violence; Positivist Approach to Violence; Biological Approaches to Violence Causation; Exposure to Violence; Juveniles as Victims or Criminals; Media Violence; Domestic Violence Home Visit Intervention Project; Gang Resistance Education and Training Program; Safe Start Centers; Teen Action Partnership; Child Sexual Abuse; Extremely Violent Video Games; Violent Crimes; Murder; Voluntary Manslaughter; Involuntary Manslaughter; Negligent Manslaughter; Robbery; Sex Offenses; Assaultive Crimes; Gangs and Violence; Acts of Violence by Gangs; Regional Trends in Gangs; Characteristics of Gangs; Prison Gangs; Female Gangs; Hate Crimes; Examples of Hate Crimes; Issues in Collecting Data on Hate Crimes; National Hate Crime Statistics; Legal Aspects of Hate Crimes; Identifying Hate Crimes; Typology of Offenders; S hame and Violence; What Is Shame?; Shame and Empathy; How Shame Is Related to the Correlates in Chapter 3; Controlling Violence by the Use of Punishment; Beginning of Legal Punishments; Justification of Punishment; Purposes of Punishment; Victimology and Violence; Code of Hammurabi; Victimization; Appendix: Bibliography of Youth Violence Studies; Index ;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 364.150973; Violent crimes -- United States; Violence -- United States; Crime -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439894316; 1439894310
• 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.