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Crime Is Not the Problem

Lethal Violence in America

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Paperback, 286 blz. | Engels

Oxford University Press | 1999

ISBN13: 9780195131055

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Hoofdrubriek : Mens en maatschappij

Oxford University Press e druk, 1999 9780195131055

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This book 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.