When Men Kill - Polk, Kenneth; Kenneth, Polk
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This book describes various patterns of homicide that involve men killing women and other men. A qualitative study, it eschews heavy use of statistics to focus on case studies. Kenneth Polk then establishes the themes which run through four specific 'senarios' of violence. When Men Kill discusses the role of gender and class in homicide and raises a number of important policy issues. It will sharpen international understanding of homicide and the comprehensive classification scheme it develops will be of importance to criminologists everywhere.
Table of contents:
Acknowledgements; 1.…mehr

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This book describes various patterns of homicide that involve men killing women and other men. A qualitative study, it eschews heavy use of statistics to focus on case studies. Kenneth Polk then establishes the themes which run through four specific 'senarios' of violence. When Men Kill discusses the role of gender and class in homicide and raises a number of important policy issues. It will sharpen international understanding of homicide and the comprehensive classification scheme it develops will be of importance to criminologists everywhere.

Table of contents:
Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. An approach to the study of homicide; 3. Scenarios of masculine violence in the context of sexual intimacy; 4. Confrontational homicide; 5. Taking exceptional risks: homicide in the course of other crime; 6. Homicide as a form of conflict resolution; 7. Rounding out the picture of homicide; 8. Problems in the study of victim-offender relationships; 9. Towards a theoretical analysis of homicide; References; Index.

This book describes various patterns of homicide that involve men killing women and other men. A qualitative study, it eschews heavy use of statistics to focus on case studies. Kenneth Polk then establishes the themes which run through four specific 'senarios' of violence. When Men Kill discusses the role of gender and class in homicide and raises a number of important policy issues. It will sharpen international understanding of homicide and the comprehensive classification scheme it develops will be of importance to criminologists everywhere.

This book describes various patterns of homicide that involve men killing women and other men.
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Autorenporträt
Kenneth Polk accepted Jesus in 1979 and was ordained into the Gospel minis- try in 1984. For twenty-three years, Pastor Ken pastored Followers of Christ Christian Center. Pastor Ken is a passionate teacher of God's Word. His teaching ministry is designed to prepare the saints for the spiritual journey ahead; this is accomplished by teaching truth. Pastor Ken believes that having a strong biblical foundation will prevent pitfalls along the way. Pastor Ken resides in Fraser, Michigan.
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"...an extraordinarily valuable, in-depth look at the pattern and tupes of homicidal behavior...Polk provides generous and detailed case examples throughout the book." The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease "The book is well written and presents a thoughtful and thorough analysis of the data." R.T. Sigler, Choice