American homicide. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard M. Hough, Kimberly D. McCorkle.
• Authors: Hough, Richard M; McCorkle, Kimberly D
• Contents: 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; 2. Who’s Killing Whom and How Much; Introduction; What We Measure; How We Measure; Studying Homicide Situations; Data Challenges; 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; 4. Why We Do It: Theories of Homicide; Introduction: Sociological and Criminological Perspectives; Individual Explanations; Social Structural; Life Course, Lifestyle, and Routine Activities Theory; 5. Confrontational Homicide; Introduction; Victim Precipitation; Honor Contests; Road Rage; Audience; Alcohol; Physiology; Girls, Women, and Confrontational Homicide; Investigative Considerations; 6. Intimate Partner Homicide; Introduction; Rates; Dynamics of Intimate Partner Homicide; Theories to Explain Intimate Partner Homicide; Lethality Assessment; Fatality Review Teams; Prosecution of Intimate Partner Homicide; 7. All in the Family; Introduction; Familicide; Parents and Children; Other Family Killings; 8. School Killings; Introduction; Mass Shootings and Attacks; The Killers; Motivations of Those Who Kill; International Incidents; Policy Responses; 9. Mass Murder in Public and the Workplace; Introduction; Public Places; Workplace Violence; Workplace Victims; The Workplace Killer; Assessing Violence Potential; Policy Implications; 10. Killings by Groups: Gangs and Cults; Introduction; Gangs and Killing; Cults and New Religious Movements (NRM); Cult Leaders and Followers; Assessing Impacts; Policy Implications; 11. Tool of Terror; Introduction; Definition and History; Acts of Terror; Who Are Terrorists?; Hate Crimes and Killing; Role of the Media; Stopping Terrorists; 12. Serial Killing; Introduction; Myth and Mayhem; Typologies; Profiling Serial Killers; Female Serial Killers; Medical or Health Care Serial Killers; Team Serial Killers; Catching Serial Killers; 13. Solving Homicides; Introduction; First Officer on the Scene; Arriving With Caution; Locard’s Exchange Principle; Investigator Arrives; Documentation; Collection of Evidence; ME or No ME?; Prosecutors: Who Needs ‘Em?; Technology; Case Personnel; Working With the Media; Cold Case Investigations; 14. Murder in Court; Introduction; Stages in Homicide Cases; Expert Witness Testimony; Building the Case and Charging Decisions; Evidentiary Issues; Defense Attorney Functions and Tactics; Ethical Issues; Plea Bargaining; Sentencing; 15. Victims, Society, and the Future; Introduction; Victim Impact; Public Health Perspective; Criminal Justice System Response and Legislation; Societal Issues; Predicting Violence; Technology;
• Edition: 2nd
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.1520973; Homicide -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544356013
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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