American homicide

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Hoofdauteur: Roth, Randolph, 1951-
Coauteur: ebrary, Inc
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • "Cuttinge one anothers throates" : homicide in early modern Europe and America
  • "All hanging together" : the decline of homicide in the Colonial Period
  • Family and intimate homicide in the first two centuries
  • "A sense of their rights" : homicide in the age of revolution
  • The emergence of regional differences : homicide in the postrevolutionary period
  • The rise in family and intimate homicide in the nineteenth century
  • "All is confusion, excitement and distrust" : America becomes a homicidal nation
  • The modern pattern is set : homicide from the end of Reconstruction to World War I
  • The problem endures : homicide from World War I to the present
  • Conclusion : can America's homicide problem be solved?