Mathieu Deflem, Editor
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This book is published as Volume 23 of Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance.
Emerald Publishing (Bingley, UK), 2018.
ISBN: 978-1-78714-876-5 (Print) 978-1-78714-875-8 (online) 978-1-78743-940-5 (epub).
SYNOPSIS
The chapters in this book are devoted to the social-scientific study of violence and homicide. Ranging from concerns over accusations of domestic abuse to killings in our cities and across the world, violent crime and homicide have stayed with us, not as mere remnants of a past we cannot shake, but as expressions of certain dynamics and strains of our world of today. The authors tackle some of these important issues and questions with a variety of theoretical frameworks and methodological tools as applied to a number of relevant offenses.
This volume is published in the series, Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: STUDYING VIOLENCE AND KILLING [online]
Mathieu Deflem
PART I – FAMILY AND GENDER
THE MURDERING OF CHILDREN
Melissa J. Tetzlaff-Bemiller
COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE: TOWARD A MORE SYSTEMATIC RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN AN URBAN SETTING
Denise Paquette Boots, Laura M. Gulledge, Timothy Bray, and Jennifer Wareham
FEMINIST PATHWAYS AND FEMALE HOMICIDE OFFENDERS
Alesa Liles and Stacy Moak
PART II – INSTITUTIONS AND IDENTITY
DURKHEIM, TOTEMISM, AND THE MANSON FAMILY: THEORIZING ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND VIOLENCE
Danielle Sutton
A DECADE AFTER VIRGINIA TECH: CONSIDERATIONS OF CAMPUS SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Daniel Adrian Doss
THE RELEVANCE OF BIAS VIOLENCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Kayla Allison
PART III – POLICE AND STATE POWER
SOLVING HOMICIDES: UNDERSTANDING TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN POLICE CLEARANCES OF LETHAL VIOLENCE
Wendy C. Regoeczi
POLICE VIOLENCE ACROSS THE RACIAL-SPATIAL DIVIDE
Malcolm D. Holmes
A MULTI-LEVEL THEORY OF THE STATE’S MONOPOLY ON VIOLENCE: EXPLAINING THE EFFECT OF THE POLICE ON VIOLENCE
Paige Vaughn
CONSIDERING AN “ALTERNATIVE CAPACITY TO DESIRE”: INSTITUTIONAL ANOMIE THEORY, THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND THE ONTOLOGICAL TURN
James B. Pratt, Jr.
PART IV – ACROSS THE GLOBE
GLOBAL TRENDS IN HOMICIDE
Mateus Rennó Santos and Alexander Testa
IT IS LESS ABOUT WEALTH OR POVERTY THAN WITH EQUALITY AND FORMAL SOCIAL CONROL: AN ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF THE HOMICIDE RATE IN 145 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
Claire Chabot and Marc Ouimet
MURDER IN A TWIN ISLAND PARADISE: TRENDS AND STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTED TO ADDRESS CRIMINAL HOMICIDE IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Ericka B. Adams and Claudio G. Vera Sanchez
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