{"product_id":"taking-stock-of-homicide-trends-emerging-themes-and-research-challenges-paperback-softback-9781439921418","title":"Taking Stock of Homicide; Trends, Emerging Themes, and Research Challenges (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439921418","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTaking Stock of Homicide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTrends, Emerging Themes, and Research Challenges\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKaren F. Parker (Edited by), Richard Stansfield (Edited by), Ashley M. Mancik (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439921418\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e330 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eTaking Stock of Homicide\u003ci\u003e succeeds admirably in realizing its overarching objective. The chapters, which are authored by leading experts in the field, systematically and rigorously review, update, and extend established bodies of research while identifying the important challenges for future work. The book is sure to be a highly valuable resource for scholars, policy analysts, and members of the general public who want to gain a better understanding of the causes of homicide, along with promising strategies for preventing homicide.”\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003cb\u003eSteven F. Messner\u003c\/b\u003e, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University at Albany, SUNY, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eCrime and the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, and Past President of the American Society of Criminology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaking Stock of Homicide\u003c\/i\u003e provides a critical look at homicide, offering a comprehensive review of the major areas of homicide research, including topics largely unexplored in the literature, such as qualitative and historical accounts.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Featuring leading scholars, this volume is organized around key themes and areas that reflect major contemporary trends and patterns in criminological literature. Chapters consider fundamentals such as data collection, sources, and histories; structural dynamics, including methodologies and fieldwork plus factors involving race and public health; the circumstances, types, and variations in homicide, from intimate partner violence to gangs, drugs, and firearms; as well as the prevention of and responses to homicide.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An essential state-of-the-discipline examination, \u003ci\u003eTaking Stock of Homicide\u003c\/i\u003e expands our knowledge while offering a toolkit for how to conduct future research on this serious, violent crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Contributors: \u003ci\u003eMark Berg, Laura Boisten, Anthony Braga, Fiona Brookman, Shytierra Gaston, Veronica Valencia Gonzalez, Elizabeth Griffiths, Chris Guerra, John Hipp, John Jarvis, Helen Jones, Sharon Jones-Eversley, Jungmyung Kim, Kenneth Land, Marieke Liem, Michael Light, Xiaoshuang Iris Luo, Amy Magnus, Patricia McCall, Erin Orrick, Alex Piquero, William Pridemore, David Pyrooz, Arnaldo Rabolini, Kasey Ragan, Wendy Regoeczi, Johnny Rice II, Jacqueline Rhoden-Trader, Ethan Rogers, Meghan Rodgers, Randolph Roth, Jose Antonio Sanchez, Daniel Semenza, James Tuttle, Jolien van Breen, Kirk Williams, and the editors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52743374504216,"sku":"9781439921418","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/taking-stock-of-homicide-trends-emerging-themes-and-research-challenges-paperback-softback-9781439921418","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}