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When men kill : scenarios of masculine violence

Title
When men kill : scenarios of masculine violence / Kenneth Polk.
Author
Polk, Kenneth.
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Description
vii, 222 pages; 24 cm
Summary
This book describes various patterns of homicide that involve men killing women and other men.
Subject
  • Homicide > Sex differences > Australia > Victoria
  • Violence > Sex differences > Australia > Victoria
  • Masculinity > Australia > Victoria
  • Homicide > Sex differences
  • Masculinity
  • Violence > Sex differences
  • Tötung
  • Männlichkeit
  • Kriminalpsychologie
  • Gewaltkriminalität
  • Moorden
  • Geweld
  • Mannen
  • Psychologische aspecten
  • Masculinity > Australia
  • Violence > Sex differences > Australia
  • Homicide > Sex differences > Australia
  • Mann
  • Victoria
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-217) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Procedure, data and method -- Senarios of masculine violence in the context of sexual intimacy -- Confrontational homicide -- Taking exceptional risks: homicide in the course of other crime -- Homicide as a form of conflict resolution -- Problems in the study of victim-offender relationships -- Towards a theoretical analysis of homicide.
ISBN
  • 0521462673
  • 9780521462679
  • 0521468086
  • 9780521468084
LCCN
94008969
OCLC
  • ocm30067972
  • 30067972
  • SCSB-2039014
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library