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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45731467 Title: Random violence : how we talk about new crimes and new victims Author: Joel Best Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999. ISBN/ISSN: 9780520921672 0520921674 0585299366 9780585299365 OCLC:45731467

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Random violence : how we talk about new crimes and new victims

Author:	Joel Best
Publisher:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Explores the ways we talk about and why we worry about various crimes and forms of victimization. This book focuses on so-called random crimes such as freeway shootings, gang violence, hate crimes, Read more...
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Subjects	Fear of crime -- United States. Crime -- United States -- Public opinion. Violence -- United States -- Public opinion. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Electronic books
Additional Physical Format:	Print version: Best, Joel. Random violence. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999 (DLC) 98006234 (OCoLC)38573033
Material Type:	Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type:	Internet Resource, Computer File
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ISBN:	9780520921672 0520921674 0585299366 9780585299365
OCLC Number:	45731467
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 242 pages) : illustrations
Contents:	Ch. 1. Random Violence -- Ch. 2. From Incidents to Instances: The Media Discover Wilding and Freeway Violence -- Ch. 3. Beyond Instances: Institutionalizing Stalking and Hate Crimes -- Ch. 4. Gangs, Conspiracies, and Other Cultural Resources -- Ch. 5. The New Victims -- Ch. 6. The Victim Industry -- Ch. 7. Declaring War on Social Problems -- Ch. 8. Connections among Claims: The Context for New Social Problems -- App. New Ways to Study Media Coverage of Social Problems.
Responsibility:	Joel Best.

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"This book looks at the patterns of crime and violence in U.S. society and how the language people use to describe it distorts how it is understood. Turning to roles of the news media and social Read more...

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