Description
Book SynopsisThe American homicide rate remains dramatically higher than that in other Western nations. This work focuses on one important phenomenon to explain larger currents in American society. It examines the historical and cross-national dimensions of homicides and evaluates attempts to explain it.
Trade ReviewThe book is well written, well referenced, and adequately indexed. Recommended. * CHOICE *
Beeghley's book provides an impressive sociological understanding of murder. * Okeechobee News *
Homocide: A Sociological Explanation is an ideal text for sociology and criminology graduate students because it offers a comprehensive review of U.S. homicide through a critical lens. The material is challenging, and Beeghley's research is thorough. -- Laurie J. Samuel, Metropolitan Police Department * Criminal Justice Review *
With skillful use of analogies and an engaging writing style, Leonard Beeghley has written a book on the sociology of homicide that is highly accessible to the general public. The arguments are well reasoned and located skillfully in the scholarly literature. A first rate book. -- Steven Messner, The University at Albany
Table of ContentsChapter 1 I. Homicide as a Routine Event Chapter 2 II. How to Understand Homicide Chapter 3 III. Homicide in Cross-National and Historical Perspective Chapter 4 IV. The American Dream and Homicide: A Critique Chapter 5 V. Social Structure and Homicide Chapter 6 VI. Is Change Possible?
