Epidemiological criminology:a public health approach to crime and violence

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Akers Timothy A 1961-
Group Author: Potter Roberto Hugh; Hill Carl V 1973-
Published: Jossey-Bass,
Publisher Address: San Francisco
Publication Dates: c2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
USA
Carrier Form: lviii 400 p.: ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780470638897 (pbk.)
0470638893 (pbk.)
Index Number: R18
CLC: R18-05
Call Number: R18-05/A315
Contents: "Written by the three leading experts in the field, this book combines an introduction to the sources and methods of epidemiological criminology and an application of these methods to some of the most vexing problems now confronting researchers and practitioners in public health and criminology. The book describes, explains, and applies the newly formulated practice of epidemiological criminology, an emerging discipline that links methods and statistical models of public health, particularly epidemiological theory, methods, and models, with the corresponding tools of their criminal justice c
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-390) and index.