- List of Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. “Cuttinge One Anothers Throates”: Homicide in Early Modern Europe and America
- 2. “All Hanging Together”: The Decline of Homicide in the Colonial Period
- 3. Family and Intimate Homicide in the First Two Centuries
- 4. “A Sense of Their Rights”: Homicide in the Age of Revolution
- 5. The Emergence of Regional Differences: Homicide in the Postrevolutionary Period
- 6. The Rise in Family and Intimate Homicide in the Nineteenth Century
- 7. “All Is Confusion, Excitement and Distrust”: America Becomes a Homicidal Nation
- 8. The Modern Pattern Is Set: Homicide from the End of Reconstruction to World War I
- 9. The Problem Endures: Homicide from World War I to the Present
- Conclusion: Can America’s Homicide Problem Be Solved?
- Sources
- Methods
- Notes
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Index
American Homicide
Product Details
PAPERBACK
$31.00 • £26.95 • €28.95
ISBN 9780674064119
Publication Date: 03/05/2012
Educators: Request an Exam Copy (Learn more)
Media Requests: [Email Address]
Related Subjects
Awards & Accolades
- 2011 Michael J. Hindelang Award, American Society of Criminology
- A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2010
- A Reason Best Book of 2009
Share This
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
I Tatti Renaissance Library
Loeb Classical Library
Murty Classical Library of India