Rethinking homicide exploring the structure and process underlying deadly situations / [electronic resource] :
Terance D. Miethe and Wendy C. Regoeczi with assistance from Kriss A. Drass.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- xxii, 320 p. : ill.
- Cambridge studies in criminology .
- Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-306) and indexes.
Introduction: studying homicide situations -- Theoretical development -- Data and methodology for studying homicide situations -- The empirical distribution of homicide -- Instrumental and expressive motives in homicide situations -- Gender differences in the structure of homicide situations -- Change and stability in the structure of youth homicide -- Racial differences in homicide situations -- Victim/offender relationships -- Conclusions and implications.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Homicide--Research--United States. Criminology--United States. Crime--Sociological aspects.--United States Homicide--History.--United States Murder--History.--United States