Joanne Savage, Kevin H Wozniak

Gebundenes Buch

Thugs and Thieves

The Differential Etiology of Violence

Beschreibung

Thugs and Thieves argues that understanding the differential etiology of violence constitutes a fundamental chasm in the empirical literature. The authors address the important, unanswered question of why some individuals commit violent offenses while others restrict themselves to nonviolent ones.

Autor

Joanne Savage is an associate professor in the department of Justice, Law and Criminology at American University. Dr. Savage is primarily interested in the "big picture" of violence in society and, to that end, she has been researching a wide variety of topics related to causes of violent offending and has published extensively on that topic. She will be joining the faculty of the College of Applied Science and Technology at Illinois State University in the fall of 2016. Kevin H. Wozniak is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He studies the politics of punishment and criminal justice. He received his Ph.D. in justice, law, and society and American politics from American University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780195393583
• ISBN-10: 0195393589
• Artikelnr.: 47869707