Homicide: A Sociological Explanation

by Leonard Beeghley

Book Overview

Echoing Durkheim's Suicide, this book focuses on one important phenomenon to explain larger currents in American society. Leonard Beeghley examines the historical and cross-national dimensions of homicides and evaluates previous attempts to explain it. He finds the sources of America's murder rate in the greater availability of guns, the expansion of illegal drug markets, greater racial discrimination, more exposure to violence, and sharper economic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847694739
• ISBN13: 9780847694730
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 8.8"