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American violence and public policy : an update of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence
- Title
- American violence and public policy : an update of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence / edited by Lynn A. Curtis.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1985.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HV6791 .A72 1985 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xi, 263 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Milton S. Eisenhower -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Lynn A. Curtis -- pt. I. Individual violence. The extent and character of violent crime in America, 1969 to 1982 / Neil Alan Weiner and Marvin E. Wolfgang -- Crimes of violence and public policy: changing directions / Elliott Currie -- Black violence and public policy / James P. Comer -- Citizen self-help and neghborhood crime prevention policy / Paul J. Lavrakas -- Presidential commissions and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration / Alan R. Gordon and Norval Morris -- Violence and firearms policy / Franklin E. Zimring -- pt. II. Collective violence. Collective violence: the redress of grievance and public policy / Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach and James F. Short, Jr. -- pt. III. Political violence. Terrorism and public policy: domestic impacts, international threats / Robert H. Kupperman -- Epilogue. Neighborhood, family, and employment: toward a new public policy against violence / Lynn A. Curtis.
- ISBN
- 0300032315
- 9780300032314
- 0300032331
- 9780300032338
- 0300036310
- 9780300036312
- LCCN
- 84040194
- OCLC
- ocm11113650
- 11113650
- SCSB-615593
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library