Violent crime
Subtitle: clinical and social implications
By: editor, Christopher J. Ferguson.
Contributors: Ferguson, Christopher J.
Publisher: SAGE; Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781412959926; 9781412959933
Subjects: Violent crimes -- Sociological aspects; Violent crimes -- Research; Violent crimes -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Violent crime research : an introduction / Christopher J. Ferguson; title: Family and social influences on violent crime / John C. Kilburn, Jr., and Jenifer Lee; title: Media violence effects and violent crime / Christopher J. Ferguson; title: Evolutionary and genetic explanations of violent crime / Martin Gottschalk and Lee Ellis; title: The biochemistry of violent crime / Kevin M. Beaver; title: Brain injuries and violent crime / Jose Lecentn-Carricentn and Francisco Jose Chacartegui-Ramos; title: Violence among school-aged youth / Cricket Meehan and Patricia Kerig; title: Violence and the elderly / Jeanette M. Daly; title: Domestic violence research, policy, and practice / Sarah L. Desmarais, Andreas Gibas, and Tonia L. Nicholls; title: Physical child abuse / Mary E. Haskett, Sharon G. Portwood, and Kristen M. Lewis; title: Sex offenders : rape and child sexual abuse / Karen J. Terry ... [et al.].