A comprehensive exploration, Studying and Prevention of Homicide offers thoroughly researched chapters by a distinguished group of contributors. Leading scholars in the field, editors M. Dwayne Smith and Margaret A. Zahn have compiled an extensive range of topics including: mass and serial murders, homicides by youth, gang homicides, domestic homicides, homicides by female offenders, and alcohol/drug related homicides.
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PART ONE: THE STUDY OF HOMICIDE
Introduction — M Dwayne Smith and Margaret A Zahn
Homicide in the 20th Century United States — Margaret A Zahn and Patricia L Mc Call
Trends and Patterns
Sources of Homicide Data — Marc Riedel
PART TWO: SPECIAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF HOMICIDE
Homicide Between Intimate Partners — Angela Browne, Kirk R Williams and Donald Dutton
Serial Murder — James Alan Fox and Jack Levin
Myths and Realities
Drugs, Alcohol, and Homicide — Kathleen Auerhahn and Robert Nash Parker
Homicide — Gary La Free
Cross-National Perspectives
PART THREE: ISSUES INVOLVING HOMICIDE AMONG DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS
African Americans and Homicide — Darnell F Hawkins
Latinos and Homicide — Ramiro Martinez Jr and Matthew T Lee
Youth Homicide — Kathleen M Heide
Gang Homicide — Cheryl Maxson
PART FOUR: PREVENTING HOMICIDE: PROPOSED STRATEGIES
Capital Punishment, Homicide, and Deterrence — William C Bailey and Ruth D Peterson
An Assessment of the Evidence
Guns, Gun Control, and Homicide — Philip J Cook and Mark H Moore
Preventing Homicide — James A Mercy and W Rodney Hammond
A Public Health Perspective