Homicide

A Sourcebook of Social Research

By: M. Dwayne Smith (Editor), Margaret A. Zahn (Editor)

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Hardcover | 16 October 1998

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This comprehensive and authoritative volume is a must-have reference for anyone involved in or interested in homicide research. Carefully organized and edited, the 25 contributions to this sourcebook have been prepared by a group of distinguished scholars, each in a particular research, providing summaries of the current state of knowledge for the subject of their expertise. The authors, many from the Homicide Research Working Group, provide a groundbreaking assessment of empirical knowledge regarding social theories of homicide; methodological issues in the study of homicide; homicide research among specific groups, including youth homicide, gang homicide, African Americans and homicide, and Latinos and homicide; homicide among intimate partners; serial murders; and the role of drugs and alcohol in homicide.

The contributors also explore solutions regarding the death penalty, gun control, public health programs, and community involvement and public policy reactions designed to prevent homicide. Including state-of-the-art research and an impressive list of citations, Homicide is a valuable tool for future research. In an important concluding chapter, the editors tackle of unresolved problems and issues in the study of homicide. Comprehensive and authoritative, this important book is a necessary reference book for researchers, academics, and sophisticated practitioners concerned with all types of homicide. It will also be appealing for graduate students in departments of criminal justice, criminology, and sociology.

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Introduction
A Sourcebook for the Study of Homicide	p. 3
Trends and Patterns of Homicide in the 20th-Century United States	p. 9
Social Theories of Homicide
Social Structure and Homicide: Theory and Research	p. 27
Cultural and Subcultural Theories of Homicide	p. 42
An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective on Homicide	p. 58
Methodological Issues in the Study of Homicide
Sources of Homicide Data: A Review and Comparison	p. 75
Categorizing Homicides: The Use of Disaggregated Data in Homicide Research	p. 96
Determining Social-Structural Predictors of Homicide: Units of Analysis and Related Methodological Concerns	p. 107
A Summary and Review of Cross-National Comparative Studies of Homicide	p. 125
Special Issues in the Study of Homicide
Homicide Between Intimate Partners: A 20-Year Review	p. 149
Serial Murder: Popular Myths and Empirical Realities	p. 165
Drugs, Alcohol, and Homicide: Issues in Theory and Research	p. 176
Homicide Among Selected Populations
What Can We Learn From Data Disaggregation? The Case of Homicide and African Americans	p. 195
Extending Ethnicity in Homicide Research: The Case of Latinos	p. 211
Youth Homicide: An Integration of Psychological, Sociological, and Biological Approaches	p. 221
Gang Homicide: A Review and Extension of the Literature	p. 239
Preventing Homicide: Proposed Solutions
Capital Punishment, Homicide, and Deterrence: An Assessment of the Evidence and Extension to Female Homicide	p. 257
Guns, Gun Control, and Homicide: A Review of Research and Public Policy	p. 277
Combining Action and Analysis to Prevent Homicide: A Public Health Perspective	p. 297
Comprehensive Reference List	p. 311
Author Index	p. 339
Subject Index	p. 347
About the Editors	p. 351
About the Contributors	p. 352
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