Taking stock of homicide trends, emerging themes, and research challenges / edited by Karen F. Parker, Richard Stansfield, Ashley M. Mancik.

Other author Parker, Karen F.
Other author Stansfield, Richard, 1985-
Other author Mancik, Ashley M., 1989-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Temple University Press, 2024.
Descriptionpages cm
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Contents Introduction / Karen F. Parker & Richard Stansfield -- Part 1: Fundamentals of Homicide. Chapter 1: Data drudges unite! Taking stock of historical studies of homicide / Randolph Roth -- Chapter 2: 30 Years of homicide in America: a postmortem of 1990-2019 / Mark T. Berg & Ethan M. Rogers -- Chapter 3: Data sources for studying homicide / Wendy Regoeczi and John Jarvis -- Chapter 4: Cross-national homicide / Meghan Rogers & William Alex Pridemore -- Part 2: The Scope. Chapter 5: Social structure and homicide / James Tuttle, Patricia L. McCall, & Kenneth C. Land -- Chapter 6: Neighborhoods and homicide: egohoods as a solution to methodological challenges / John R. Hipp & Xiaoshuang Iris Luo -- Chapter 7: Doing fieldwork in homicide investigation / Fiona Brookman & Helen Jones -- Chapter 8: Examining black homicide through lenses of epidemiology / Sharon D. Jones-Eversley, Jacqueline Rhoden-Trader, & Johnny Rice II -- Part 3: The Nature of Homicide. Chapter 9: Death under review: differentiating lethal and nonlethal intimate partner violence / Kirk R. Williams, Kasey Ragan, Amy Magnus, & Veronica Valencia Gonzalez -- Chapter 10: Gang homicide in the United States / Jose Antonio Sanchez & David C. Pyrooz -- Chapter 11: Drug related homicides / Arnaldo Rabolini, Jolien van Breen, & Marieke Liem -- Chapter 12: Firearms and homicide / Elizabeth Griffiths & Daniel Semenza -- Chapter 13: US homicide inequalities across race, ethnicity, and gender / Shytierra Gaston -- Chapter 14: The empiric of immigration and homicide: evidence from California and Texas / Michael T. Light, Laura Boisten, & Jungmyung Kim -- Chapter 15: Studying demographic shifts and homicide: the case of Texas and immigration status / Erin Orrick, Chris Guerra, & Alex R. Piquero -- Part 4: Preventing and Responding. Chapter 16: Solving homicide / Wendy Regoeczi & John Jarvis -- Chapter 17: Focused deterrence, public health, and effective homicide prevention / Anthony A. Braga.
Abstract "This book orients readers to the major topics and challenges for the next generation of homicide research, including methodological issues and challenges and emerging subfields"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2023025398
ISBN9781439921401 (cloth)
ISBN9781439921418 (paperback)
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