Poverty, ethnicity, and violent crime
By: James F. Short.
Series: Crime & society; Crime & society (Boulder, Colo.)
Publisher: WestviewPress
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Violent crimes -- United States; Poor -- United States; Ethnicity -- United States; Social problems -- United States; United States -- Social conditions
Description: Violent crime in America is more strongly associated with poverty and with changing social and economic conditions than with race or ethnicity, and patterns of violence are changing. These are among the conclusions of Poverty, Ethnicity, and Violent Crime, a searching analysis that draws on scholarly research from all the social and behavioral sciences.

By framing his analysis in terms of different levels of explanation, Short is able to identify fundamental causal conditions and processes that result in violent crime. The book also examines current policies and political and scholarly controversies concerning the control of violent crime. This book can serve as a text or as supplementary reading for a variety of criminology courses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-235) and index.