Random Violence: How We Talk about New Crimes and New Victims

by Joel Best

Book Overview

Random Violence is a deft and thought-provoking exploration of the ways we talk about--and why we worry about--new crimes and new forms of victimization. Focusing on so-called random crimes such as freeway shootings, gang violence, hate crimes, stalking, and wilding, Joel Best shows how new crime problems emerge and how some quickly fade from public attention while others spread and become enduring subjects of concern. Best's original and incisive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520215729
• ISBN13: 9780520215726
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"