Violent crime in Canada and the United States: A theoretical assessment.
Assesses the two dominant accounts in explaining Canadian-American differences in interpersonal criminal violence. Effectiveness of focusing on culture differences when examining historic traditions; Use of structural factors in linking crime to salient dimensions in the society; Providing a framewo...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Review of American Studies Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 89 - 113 |
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University of Toronto Press
1993
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| Sumario: | Assesses the two dominant accounts in explaining Canadian-American differences in interpersonal criminal violence. Effectiveness of focusing on culture differences when examining historic traditions; Use of structural factors in linking crime to salient dimensions in the society; Providing a framework for the integration of the two accounts. |
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