Acid crime : context, motivation and prevention

Acid crime : context, motivation and prevention / Matt Hopkins, Lucy Neville, Teela Sanders.

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 corrosiv...

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Main Authors: Hopkins, Matt (Lecturer in criminology) (Author), Neville, Lucy, 1983- (Author), Sanders, Teela (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Series:Palgrave studies in risk, crime and society.
Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:
Violent crimes.
Offenses against the person.
Violent crimes > Prevention.
Offenses against the person > Prevention.
Sulfuric acid.
Nitric acid.
sulfuric acid.
Nitric acid
Offenses against the person
Offenses against the person > Prevention
Sulfuric acid
Violent crimes
Violent crimes > Prevention
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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