TY  - GEN
N2  - This book provides an authoritative overview of the contemporary phenomenon widely labelled as acid attacks. Although once thought of as a predominantly gendered crime, acid and other corrosive substances have been used in a range of violence crimes. This book explores the historical use of corrosives in crime, legal definitions of such attacks, the contexts in which corrosives are used, victim characteristics, offender motivations for carrying and decanting corrosives, and preventative strategies. Data is drawn from the international literature and the analysis of primary data collected in the UK (which is thought to have one of the highest rates of acid attacks in the world) from interviews with over 20 convicted offenders and from police case files relating to over 1,000 crimes involving corrosive substances. This book adds significantly to the international literature on weapons carrying and use, which to date has predominantly focused around the possession and use of guns and knives. Matt Hopkins is Associate Professor at the School of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK. Lucy Neville is Lecturer at the School of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK. Teela Sanders is Professor at the School of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK.
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-030-62296-1
DO  - doi
AB  - This book provides an authoritative overview of the contemporary phenomenon widely labelled as acid attacks. Although once thought of as a predominantly gendered crime, acid and other corrosive substances have been used in a range of violence crimes. This book explores the historical use of corrosives in crime, legal definitions of such attacks, the contexts in which corrosives are used, victim characteristics, offender motivations for carrying and decanting corrosives, and preventative strategies. Data is drawn from the international literature and the analysis of primary data collected in the UK (which is thought to have one of the highest rates of acid attacks in the world) from interviews with over 20 convicted offenders and from police case files relating to over 1,000 crimes involving corrosive substances. This book adds significantly to the international literature on weapons carrying and use, which to date has predominantly focused around the possession and use of guns and knives. Matt Hopkins is Associate Professor at the School of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK. Lucy Neville is Lecturer at the School of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK. Teela Sanders is Professor at the School of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK.
T1  - Acid crime :context, motivation and prevention /
AU  - Hopkins, Matt
AU  - Neville, Lucy,
AU  - Sanders, Teela,
CN  - HV6542
ID  - 1434889
KW  - Violent crimes.
KW  - Offenses against the person.
KW  - Violent crimes
KW  - Offenses against the person
KW  - Sulfuric acid.
KW  - Nitric acid.
KW  - Crimes violents.
KW  - Infractions contre la personne.
KW  - Acide sulfurique.
KW  - Acide nitrique.
SN  - 9783030622961
SN  - 3030622967
TI  - Acid crime :context, motivation and prevention /
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