American Homicide

Informationen zum Autor Randolph Roth Klappentext Roth charts changes in the character and incidence of homicide in the U.S. from colonial times to the present. He examines the four factors that explain why homicide rates have gone up and down in the U.S. and in other Western nations over the past four centuries, and why the U.S. is today the most homicidal affluent nation. Zusammenfassung Roth charts changes in the character and incidence of homicide in the U.S. from colonial times to the present. He examines the four factors that explain why homicide rates have gone up and down in the U.S. and in other Western nations over the past four centuries! and why the U.S. is today the most homicidal affluent nation. Inhaltsverzeichnis * List of Figures * Preface * Introduction *"Cuttinge One Anothers Throates": Homicide in Early Modern Europe and America *"All Hanging Together": The Decline of Homicide in the Colonial Period * Family and Intimate Homicide in the First Two Centuries *"A Sense of Their Rights": Homicide in the Age of Revolution * The Emergence of Regional Differences: Homicide in the Postrevolutionary Period * The Rise in Family and Intimate Homicide in the Nineteenth Century *"All Is Confusion! Excitement and Distrust": America Becomes a Homicidal Nation * The Modern Pattern Is Set: Homicide from the End of Reconstruction to World War I * The Problem Endures: Homicide from World War I to the Present * Conclusion: Can America's Homicide Problem Be Solved? * Sources * Methods * Notes * References * Acknowledgments * Index

Product details

• Authors: Randolph Roth, Roth Randolph
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2012
• EAN: 9780674064119
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06411-9
• No. of pages: 672
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Crime and criminology