Crime Is Not the Problem Lethal Violence in America |
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| Author:
| Zimring, Franklin E.
Hawkins, Gordon |
| Series title: | Studies in Crime and Public Policy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-53058-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1997 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $25.15 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionThis 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.