Wicked Deeds - Murder in America

Informationen zum Autor James M. O'Kane Klappentext Wicked Deeds analyes numerous categories of murder: intimate partner homicide! child and family murders! multiple victim killings! including mass murder and serial homicide. Each type of murder is illustrated by accounts of actual murders reported in the media and on internet sites. Approximately 200 cases illustrate the typical homicides as well as the biarre ones. OKane shows that homicide is actually rather predictable! and patterned with respect to its assailants and victims! the circumstances in which it takes place! the time and location where it occurs! and the motives which precipitate the murderous act. Zusammenfassung To most Americans, homicide appears to be a random act, one committed by a deranged and irrational killer in a haphazard, unpredictable manner Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1: Is It Murder?; 2: Types of Homicide; 3: The Demography of Murder; 4: The Geography of Murder; 5: Motives of Homicide; 6: The Chronology of Murder; 7: Domestic Murder—Intimate Partners; 8: Domestic Murders—Children and Families; 9: Multiple Victim Homicide; 10: Methodology of Murder; 11: Epilogue

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• Authors: &apos, James Kane, O&apos, James O’Kane, James O'Kane, James M. O'Kane, James O''kane
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2005
• EAN: 9780765802897
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0289-7
• No. of pages: 287
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, True Crime, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, TRUE CRIME / General, United States of America, USA, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology