Violence in America

Foreword to the 1988 Edition The History of Violent Crime in America - Ted Robert Gurr An Overview Historical Trends in Violent Crime - Ted Robert Gurr England, Western Europe, and the United States On the History (and Future) of Homicide in America - Roger Lane The Size, Shape, and Social Significance of Long-Term Trends Diverging Homicide Rates, England and the United States, 1850-1875 - Eric H Monkkonen Violence Arrests in the City - Neil Alan Weiner and Margaret A Zahn The Philadelphia Story, 1857-1980 Violence and Lawlessness on the Western Frontier - Roger D McGrath Bootlegging - Mark H Haller The Business of Politics of Violence Economic Change and Homicide in Detroit, 1926-1979 - Colin Loftin, David McDowall and James Boudouris Identifying Potential Assassins - James W Clarke Some Situational Correlates of Dangerousness in America Firearms and Violence - Don B Kates Jr Old Premises and Current Evidence Homicide in the Twentieth Century United States - Margaret A Zahn Trends, Types, and Causes Social Change and the Future of Violent Crime in the United States - Wesley G Skogan Crime, Law, and Society in America - Richard Maxwell Brown From Industrial Society to the Information Society