Violence and childhood in the inner city / edited by Joan McCord.
Violence and childhood in the inner city / edited by Joan McCord.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N303.60973/3
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 334 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Violence and the Inner-City Street Code / Elijah Anderson -- 2. The Embeddedness of Child and Adolescent Development: A Community-Level Perspective on Urban Violence / Robert J. Sampson -- 3. Placing American Urban Violence in Context / Joan Mccord -- 4. Neuropsychology, Antisocial Behavior, and...
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
The contributors to this book believe that something can be done to make life in American cities safer, to make growing up in the urban centers less risky, and to reduce the violence that so often permeates urban childhoods. They consider why there is so much violence, why some people become violent and others do not, and why violence varies among...
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Violence and childhood in the inner city / edited by Joan McCord.
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Cambridge criminology series.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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N303.60973/3
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74VM4X5BErvO
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ISBN
0521587204 (pbk.)
9780521583268
0521583268
9780521587204 (pbk.)
DDC
303.60973
MMS ID
991001451849702626
