American Homicides, 1980–2020

Exploring Trends through Statistics and Theories

Meredith Emigh-Guy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

118 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781793629616 (ISBN)

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This book provides a thorough guide to homicide in the United States, addressing the history, the theories, and most importantly all the relevant statistics from the past 40 years.

Meredith Emigh-Guy combines criminological theories and FBI homicide data to examine recent trends in the homicide rate as well as the clearance rate. This work situates homicide statistics in the United States in a global and historical context by addressing questions of stranger-perpetrated homicide and intimate partner violence. Several potential reasons for a decline in the number of solved homicides are explored, including victim/offender relationships, weapons, and improvements in forensics. Emigh-Guy concludes that modern media representations have skewed the general public’s understanding of violent crime and provides the statistics to show how reality differs from misconception.

Meredith Emigh-Guy is assistant professor and chair of the Criminal Justice Department at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.

Chapter 1: Fear of Crime
Chapter 2: Moral Panic
Chapter 3: Stranger-Perpetrated Homicide
Chapter 4: Homicide Data Past and Current
Chapter 5: A Brief History of Violent Crime
Chapter 6: Theories on the Reduction in Homicide
Chapter 7: Victims and Offenders
Chapter 8: Victim/Offender Relationships
Chapter 9: Motive
Chapter 10: Weapons
Chapter 11: Homicide Investigations and Clearance Rates
Chapter 12: Hate Crimes and Mass Homicide

Erscheinungsdatum	29.10.2024
Zusatzinfo	13 BW Illustrations, 5 Tables
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781793629616 / 9781793629616
Zustand	Neuware