| Description |
viii, 241 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-236) and index. |
| Contents |
Why homicide? -- Homicide and economic inequality -- Competition and violence -- Inequality, or just poverty? -- Jockeying for position -- The arena of competition -- Culture of violence? -- Lags and lifetimes -- Too much inequality -- What keeps competitive violence in check? |
| Summary |
Criminologists have known for decades that income inequality is the best predictor of the local homicide rate, but why this is so has eluded them. There is a simple, compelling answer: most homicides are the dnouements of competitive interactions between men. Relatively speaking, where desired goods are distributed inequitably and competition for those goods is severe, dangerous tactics of competition are appealing and a high homicide rate is just one of many unfortunate consequences. Killing the Competition is about this relationship between economic inequality and lethal interpersonal violence. Killing the Competition applies basic principles of behavioral biology to explain why killers are usually men, not women, and counters the view that attitudes and values prevailing in "cultures of violence" make change impossible. |
| Subject |
Homicide -- Economic aspects.
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Income distribution -- Social aspects.
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Crime -- Sociological aspects.
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Crime -- Sociological aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00883017
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Homicide -- Economic aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00959661
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Income distribution -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00968686
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Kriminologie (DE-588)4033197-0
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Einkommensdisparität (DE-588)4194476-8
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Einkommensverteilung (DE-588)4013898-7
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Kriminalsoziologie (DE-588)4128665-0
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Verhaltensforschung (DE-588)4062862-0
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Tötung (DE-588)4060336-2
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Daly, Martin, 1944- Killing the competition. New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, [2016] 9781412863575 (DLC) 2016022608 |
| ISBN |
9781412863254 (hardcover) |
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1412863252 (hardcover) |
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9781412863360 (pbk.) |
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1412863368 (pbk.) |
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9781412863575 (eBook) |
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