Title:
The murder book : examining homicide / Kim Davies.
Author:
Davies, Kim (Kimberly A.)
Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, ©2008.
Call Number:
HV6515 .D36 2008
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0802/2007033888.html
ISBN:
9780131724013
Physical Description:
xiv, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Definitions and degrees -- Measuring murder -- Patterns and trends -- Biological and psychological explanations for homicide -- Social and cultural explanations for homicide -- Confrontational homicide -- Intimate partner homicide -- Children who kill -- Child murder and infanticide -- Mass and spree murder -- Serial murder -- Murder as hate crime -- Solving homicides -- Homicide in court -- The impact of homicide -- Stopping murder -- Future of homicide in the United States.
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