Crimewarps
Author: Bennett, Georgette
ISBN: 9780385230919
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Mar 1989
Pages: 602
Format: Paperback / softback
". . . O f value to anyone interested in understanding crime and trying to stop it."-Governor Mario M. Cuomobr>br> This explosive and thought-provoking investigation goes to the heart of America's fear of crime, takes on the most common myths, and sets them straight. How safe are we? Here are i>Crimewarp/i>'s startling conclusions-br>. The odds are twice as great that you will commit suicide this year than be murdered. br>.It is 32 times more likely that you will be involved in a car crash than become the victim of a violent street crime. br>.A woman is twice as likely to die of heart disease than be raped.br>br>Criminologist Georgette Bennett uses the latest statistics to predict these and other dramatic changes in future of crime. br>br>" This highly regarded book analyzes the ripple effect of intersecting new social forces in changing the nature of crime and society's changing responses to crime."-i>The Washington Post/i>br>br>"A groundbreaking book, solidly researched, but easy to digest."-i>Kirkus Reviews/i>
ISBN: 9780385230919
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Mar 1989
Pages: 602
Format: Paperback / softback
". . . O f value to anyone interested in understanding crime and trying to stop it."-Governor Mario M. Cuomobr>br> This explosive and thought-provoking investigation goes to the heart of America's fear of crime, takes on the most common myths, and sets them straight. How safe are we? Here are i>Crimewarp/i>'s startling conclusions-br>. The odds are twice as great that you will commit suicide this year than be murdered. br>.It is 32 times more likely that you will be involved in a car crash than become the victim of a violent street crime. br>.A woman is twice as likely to die of heart disease than be raped.br>br>Criminologist Georgette Bennett uses the latest statistics to predict these and other dramatic changes in future of crime. br>br>" This highly regarded book analyzes the ripple effect of intersecting new social forces in changing the nature of crime and society's changing responses to crime."-i>The Washington Post/i>br>br>"A groundbreaking book, solidly researched, but easy to digest."-i>Kirkus Reviews/i>
