Handbook of European Homicide Research Patterns, Explanations, and C
This comprehensive work provides a reference for the substantive, methodological, and policy-oriented aspects of homicide research in Europe. Part one of this work covers the most recent substantive and methodological information abo
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Marieke C.A. Liem William Alex Pridemore Editors
Handbook of European Homicide Research Patterns, Explanations, and Country Studies
Editors Marieke C.A. Liem Department of Criminal Law and Criminology Leiden University Leiden, The Netherlands [email protected]
William Alex Pridemore Department of Criminal Justice Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN, USA [email protected]
Please note that additional material for this book can be downloaded from http://extras.springer.com ISBN 978-1-4614-0465-1 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-0466-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-0466-8 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011937064 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
Part I 1
Introduction .................................................................................. Marieke C.A. Liem and William Alex Pridemore
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Homicide Data in Europe: Definitions, Sources, and Statistics ................................................................................. Paul R. Smit, Rinke R. de Jong, and Catrien C.J.H. Bijleveld
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Long-Term Historical Trends of Homicide in Europe .............. Pieter Spierenburg
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Contemporary Differences in Rates and Trends of Homicide Among European Nations ..................................... Ineke Haen Marshall and Diana L. Summers
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Regional Variation in Europe Between Homicide and Other Forms of External Death and Criminal Offences......................................................................................... Marcelo F. Aebi and Antonia Linde
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Theory and Explanation in Contemporary European Homicide Research ...................................................................... Janne Kivivuori, Jukka Savolainen, and Petri Danielsson
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A Review of the Cross-National Empirical Literature on Social Structure and Homicide .............................................. Carol L.S. Trent and William Alex Pridemore
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Explaining Variation in Homicide Rates Across Eastern and Western European Cities: The Effects of Social, Political, and Economic Forces ................................................... Patricia L. McCall, Paul Nieuwbeerta, Rodney L. Engen, and Kelly M. Tha
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