Acid crime : context, motivation and prevention / Matt Hopkins, Lucy Neville, Teela Sanders.
Hopkins, Matt (Lecturer in criminology), author.; Neville, Lucy, 1983- author.; Sanders, Teela, author.
2021
HV6542
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Title Acid crime : context, motivation and prevention / Matt Hopkins, Lucy Neville, Teela Sanders.
Author Hopkins, Matt (Lecturer in criminology), author.
ISBN 9783030622961 (electronic bk.)
3030622967 (electronic bk.)
9783030622954
3030622959
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62296-1
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-62296-1 doi
Call Number HV6542
Dewey Decimal Classification 364.15
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 26, 2021).
Added Author Neville, Lucy, 1983- author.
Sanders, Teela, author.
Series Palgrave studies in risk, crime and society.
Palgrave pivot.
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1: Acid attacks and corrosive crime: an Introduction
2: Methodologies for researching acid attacks and corrosive crime
3: The contexts and characteristics of acid attacks/corrosive crime
4: Offender motivations for carrying and decanting acid and corrosives
5: The prevention of acid attacks and corrosive crime
6: conclusions and directions for future research/ policy.

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