Gun Crime in Global Contexts Contributor(s): Squires, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415688590 ISBN-13: 9780415688598 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology |
Dewey: 364.2 |
LCCN: 2013048555 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.55 lbs) 418 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Every year around three-quarters of a million people die (directly or indirectly) as a result of gun violence, with most deaths occurring in the poorest, yet also most highly weaponized parts of the world. Firearm proliferation -- 875 million global firearms -- is a direct contributor to both regional conflicts and to crime. This book attempts to understand the inter-related dynamics of supply and demand which are weaponizing the world. Now over ten years after Peter Squires's Gun Culture or Gun Control?, the issues pertaining to gun violence and gun control have developed dramatically. With Gun Crime in Global Contexts, Peter Squires offers a cutting-edge account of contemporary developments in the politics of gun crime and the social and theoretical issues that surround the problem. This book contains:
With its interdisciplinary perspective and global reach, this book will be important reading for academics and students interested in youth and gang crime, violent crime and comparative criminal justice, as well as peace and security studies and international relations. |