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Patterns in Criminal Homicide (Hardcover, Reprint 2016)
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Patterns in Criminal Homicide (Hardcover, Reprint 2016)
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This volume is a statistical and sociological analysis of one of
the leading causes of death in the United States. Combining
original research and a review of all major previous studies on
criminal homicide in America, this study attempts to discover and
to analyze patterns in criminal homicide from among almost six
hundred cases that occurred in the city of Philadelphia between
January 1, 1948, and December 31, 1952. The primary source of data
utilized by Marvin E. Wolfgang was the files of the Homicide Squad
of the Philadelphia Police Department. Answers were sought to a
series of questions regarding 588 victims and 621 offenders
involved in criminal homicide with respect to the following: race,
sex, and age differences; methods and weapons used to inflict
death; seasonal and other temporal patterns; spatial patterns; the
relationship between the use of alcohol and homicide; the degree of
violence in homicide; motives; the interpersonal relationship
between victim and offender; homicide occurring during the
commission of another felony; victim-precipitated homicide;
homicide-suicide; unsolved homicide; the tempo of legal procedure;
court disposition; and insanity as a factor in homicide. The broad
range of material examined in this volume makes it one of the most
comprehensive studies undertaken in recent years. Although dealing
basically with records of homicide accumulated in Philadelphia,
Patterns in Criminal Homicide has implications that hold true for
every large urban community. It is a work of utmost importance to
the student of sociology because of its general sociological
perspective; to all students of criminology; to the police,
especially the homicide division of any police department; to law
students, lawyers, and judges; and to those agencies in the
community concerned with the control and prevention of violent
crime.
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