Violence and Crime in Cross-National Perspective

by Rosemary Gartner and Dane Archer

Book Overview

This prizewinning reference work provides data on crime in 110 nations and 44 major cities, making it possible for the first time to examine the patterns and causes of violent crime on a cross-national basis. Winner of the 1985 Prize for Behavioral Science Research from the American Association for the Advancement of Science Winner of the 1986 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Sociological Association's Criminology Section Winner of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000K7B11U
• ISBN13: 9780300040234
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"