Killing the competition: economic inequality and homicide

by Daly, Martin

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Title Statements

Full title :Killing the competition : economic inequality and homicide / Martin Daly.

Summary

Criminologists have known for decades that income inequality is the best predictor of the local homicide rate, but why this is so has eluded them. There is a simple, compelling answer: most homicides are the dnouements of competitive interactions between men. Relatively speaking, where desired goods are distributed inequitably and competition for those goods is severe, dangerous tactics of competition are appealing and a high homicide rate is just one of many unfortunate consequences. Killing the Competition is about this relationship between economic inequality and lethal interpersonal violence. Killing the Competition applies basic principles of behavioral biology to explain why killers are usually men, not women, and counters the view that attitudes and values prevailing in "cultures of violence" make change impossible.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Transaction Publishers
Place of Publication:New Brunswick
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 241 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781412863254, 1412863252, 9781412863360, 1412863368
oclc:ocn932172176
LC Classification:HV6515
Dewey Decimal:364.2/5

Subjects

Crime -- Sociological aspects Criminalité -- Aspect sociologique Einkommensdisparität Einkommensverteilung Homicide -- Economic aspects Income distribution -- Social aspects Kriminalsoziologie Kriminologie Revenu -- Répartition Tötung Verhaltensforschung