Author: Dane Archer
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This prizewinning reference work provides data on crime in 110 nations and 44 major cities, making it possible for the first time to examine the patterns and causes of violent crime on a cross-national basis. Winner of the 1985 Prize for Behavioral Science Research from the American Association for the Advancement of Science Winner of the 1986 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Sociological Association's Criminology Section Winner of the 1985 Award for Outstanding Scholarship given by the Society for the Study of Social Problems Winner of the Gordon Allport Prize from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Author: Dane Archer
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1987-01-01
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780300040234
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This prize-winning reference work provides data on crime in 110 nations and 44 major cities, making it possible for the first time to examine the patterns and causes of violent crime on a cross-national basis. "In this important book, Archer and Gartner take a major step toward providing and utilizing international data on crime and violence.... They have assembled the best cross-cultural database on criminal violence that has ever been compiled." -Michael L. Radelet, Contemporary Sociology "[The authors'] data and superior analyses make their conclusions more compelling than earlier studies with like or contrary results. Furthermore, the data set seems rich enough to yield similarly enlightening findings for other researchers." -Roy L. Austin, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science "Some highly significant data... [including] whether large cities have higher homicide rates than smaller cities; the deterrent effect of the death penalty on homicide rates; the etiology of urban violence." -Choice "An amazing analysis of a most wonderful series of data. Rarely has social science been blessed by the richness of material over so much time and over so much space as are represented by this volume." -Marvin E. Wolfgang, University of Pennsylvania
Author: Gerry Johnstone
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2009-12-22
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1412911249
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book guides readers through the complex legal, philosophical, and criminological debates around crime and criminal responsibility. It uses a thematic approach to comprehensively explore the relationship between criminal conduct, criminal justice, and the law. Aimed at students with no prior knowledge of law, the book includes many useful features to enhance understanding, from chapter overviews and key terms to study questions and suggestions for further reading.
Author: Debbie Hillier
Publisher: Oxfam
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780855985226
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Author: A. Green
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2006-10-13
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 0230207456
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first fully comparative empirical analysis of the relationship between education and social cohesion, this book develops a new 'distributional theory' of the effects of educational inequality on social solidarity. Based on extensive analysis of data on inequality and social attitudes for over 25 developed countries.
Author: Frank E. Hagan
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Blends sound pedagogy in research methods instruction with a range of classic and contemporary research examples from criminology and criminal justice. Students learn how to carry out research and also become familiar with the research that currently is available.
Author: National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jerry Neapolitan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1997-10-28
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0313033633
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book describes various types and sources of crime and explanatory data available to study variation in crime across nations. Problems with the data and appropriate methods for adjusting and analyzing the data are described. A thorough review of theories and past cross-national crime research is included. This book intends to facilitate and stimulate quality cross-national crime research. The book notes past misuse of data, such as using homicide rates unadjusted for attempts, as well as inconsistencies and contradictions in past research. The major theories and concepts which have been used to explain crime across nations are described in detail and critiqued. Inconsistencies and contradictions in results are noted, and avenues for future research are offered. Methodological techniques, issues, and problems involved in analysis are also presented and new approaches to dealing with the resulting data are projected. Extensive appendixes give information and contacts to researchers, providing a network for research in cross-national crime heretofore lacking.