Statistical handbook on violence in America
Publisher: Oryx Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 394
Table of contents: title: Current patterns: international -- Current patterns : United States. Characteristics of the victims -- Characteristics of the offenders -- Victim-offender relationship -- Circumstances of homicide -- Weapon or means of death -- Current patterns : cities and regions -- Trends: United States. Homicide -- Legal execution -- Trends : cities and regions -- Rape : Uniform Crime Reports.  Incidents -- Arrest trends -- Rape : National Crime Victimization Survey. Incidents -- Characteristics of the victim -- Victim-offender relationship -- Weapons -- Urban-rural location -- Robbery : Uniform Crime Reports. Incidents -- Arrest trends -- Weapons -- Robbery : National Crime Victimization Survey. Incidents -- Characteristics of the victim -- Victim-offender relationship -- Weapons -- Urban-rural location -- Carjacking -- Assault : Uniform Crime Reports. Incidents -- Arrest trends -- Weapons -- Assault : National Crime Victimization Survey. Incidents -- Characteristics of the victim -- Victim-offender relationship -- Weapons -- Urban-rural location -- Vulnerable groups and situations : youth. Children and adolescents : maltreatment and abuse -- Children and adolescents : punishment and abuse -- Children and adolescents : general victimization -- Children and adolescents : rape -- Children and adolescents : homicide -- Vulnerable groups and situations : elderly -- Vulnerable groups and situations : women -- Vulnerable groups and situations : minority groups. Native Americans -- Hispanics -- Asians and Pacific Islanders -- Hate crimes -- Vulnerable groups and situations : workplace. General workplace violence : fatal violence -- General workplace violence : other interpersonal violence -- Police officers -- Postal workers -- Health care workers -- Vulnerable groups and situations : socio-economic status. Income -- Education -- Vulnerable groups and situations : institutionalized populations. Prisoners -- Children in school -- High-risk groups and situations. Children and adolescents -- Police -- Recidivists -- Alcohol and drugs -- Firearms -- Psychological trauma -- Physical injury sustained in violent crime -- Economic costs to victims -- Loss of productivity -- Premature mortality -- When is violence justified? -- What are the effects of violence on beliefs and behavior? Precautions taken to limit victimization -- Perception of risk and safety -- What should communities or governments do in response to violence? -- What causes violence? -- Appendix: description of data sources -- Glossary.