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BL
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954326
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b708696
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Zimring, Franklin E.
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Crime is not the problem : : lethal violence in America /\ Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1997.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in crime and public policy
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1 online resource (xii, 272 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0195131053
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: 1280530588
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: 1429404817
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: 6610530580
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: 9780195131055
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: 9781280530586
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: 9781429404815
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: 9786610530588
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019511065X
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0195131053
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9780195110654
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The American difference -- Correlates and causes -- Prevention -- Appendix 1. Explaining distributions of violence versus levels of violence -- Appendix 2. Assault in New York City and London -- Appendix 3. Patterns of three violent crimes in the United States -- Appendix 4. Race and lethal violence: a five-city comparison -- Appendix 5. Studies of mass communications and homicide -- Appendix 6. Drugs and homicide in the District of Columbia: a research note -- References -- Index.
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| Abstract
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This text has three main aims: the first is to show that what separates the USA from other countries is not crime rates but lethal violence. Crimes like burglary and theft are a part of modern urban life worldwide; shootings and stabbings are not - they are particularly American. Why is this so? Secondly, the book seeks to clarify the causes of violence by looking at the proximate causes of deadly violence - guns, violence in the media, drugs and the tradition of lethal violence are all examined. The concluding section of the book concerns the prevention of lethal violence as a priority issue. The authors discuss a range of anti-violence alternatives from change in the criminal law to social and physical environmental factors and social values and attitudes.
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Violence-- United States.
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Violent crimes-- United States-- Prevention.
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Violent crimes-- United States.
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Crimes violents-- États-Unis-- Prévention.
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Crimes violents-- États-Unis.
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Violence-- États-Unis.
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Gewaltkriminalität
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Tötung
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TRUE CRIME-- General.
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Violence.
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Violent crimes-- Prevention.
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Violent crimes.
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Geweldsdelicten.
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Preventie.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.1
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| LC Classification
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HV6789.Z55 1997eb
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71.65bcl
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| Added Entry
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Hawkins, Gordon,1919-
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