When Men Kill: Scenarios of Masculine Violence - Brossura

Polk, Kenneth

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ISBN 10: 0521468086 ISBN 13: 9780521468084

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Riassunto

This book describes various patterns of homicide that involve men killing women and other men. A qualitative study, it eschews heavy use of statistics to focus on case studies. Kenneth Polk then establishes the themes which run through four specific 'senarios' of violence. When Men Kill discusses the role of gender and class in homicide and raises a number of important policy issues. It will sharpen international understanding of homicide and the comprehensive classification scheme it develops will be of importance to criminologists everywhere.

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Recensione:

"...an extraordinarily valuable, in-depth look at the pattern and tupes of homicidal behavior...Polk provides generous and detailed case examples throughout the book." The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

"The book is well written and presents a thoughtful and thorough analysis of the data." R.T. Sigler, Choice

Contenuti:

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. An approach to the study of homicide; 3. Scenarios of masculine violence in the context of sexual intimacy; 4. Confrontational homicide; 5. Taking exceptional risks: homicide in the course of other crime; 6. Homicide as a form of conflict resolution; 7. Rounding out the picture of homicide; 8. Problems in the study of victim-offender relationships; 9. Towards a theoretical analysis of homicide; References; Index.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521468086
• ISBN 13: 9780521468084
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 232