When Men Kill: Scenarios of Masculine Violence

by Kenneth Polk

Overview

This book describes various patterns of homicide that involve men killing women and other men. A qualitative study, it eschews heavy use of statistics to focus on case studies. Kenneth Polk then establishes the themes that run through four specific "scenarios of violence." When Men Kill discusses the role of gender and class in homicide and raises a number of important policy issues. It also asks pertinent questions about the nature of masculinity. It will sharpen international understandings of homicide, while the comprehensive classification scheme it develops will be of importance to criminologists everywhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521468084
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/25/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.51(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. An approach to the study of homicide; 3. Scenarios of masculine violence in the context of sexual intimacy; 4. Confrontational homicide; 5. Taking exceptional risks: homicide in the course of other crime; 6. Homicide as a form of conflict resolution; 7. Rounding out the picture of homicide; 8. Problems in the study of victim-offender relationships; 9. Towards a theoretical analysis of homicide; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...an extraordinarily valuable, in-depth look at the pattern and tupes of homicidal behavior...Polk provides generous and detailed case examples throughout the book." The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

"The book is well written and presents a thoughtful and thorough analysis of the data." R.T. Sigler, Choice

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