Bibliograph

Violent crime, assessing race and ethnic differences, edited by Darnell F. Hawkins

Type

Label

Violent crime, assessing race and ethnic differences, edited by Darnell F. Hawkins

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Violent crime

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

56993343

Responsibility statement

edited by Darnell F. Hawkins

Series statement

Cambridge studies in criminologyCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

assessing race and ethnic differences

Summary

Analysts have long noted that some societies have much higher rates of criminal violence than others. They have also observed that the risk of being a victim or a perpetrator of violent crime varies considerably from one individual to another. In societies with ethnically and racially diverse populations, some ethnic and racial groups have been reported to have higher rates of violent offending and victimization than other groups. This exceptional collection of original essays explores the extent and causes of racial and ethnic differences in violent crime in the United States and several other contemporary societies, including Canada, New Zealand, and England. The authors critically examine the credibility of the evidence of group differences in rates of violent crime and debate the merits of many of the popular theories that have been put forth to explain them.--, Provided by publisher

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