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Brookman (criminology, U. of Glamorgan) strips away the crime TV artificiality and exposes homicide for what it is--a horrifying tragedy, complex at all its levels. She examines the patterns and characteristics of homicide in the UK, and the biological, psychological, and sociological explanations usually given for it. She compares how men and women kill, explains the killing of children and infants, and shows how serial killers, terrorists and corporations commit multiple homicide. She describes the investigation of homicide, and the efforts to prevent homicide in the UK. She provides stacks of information about who kills and is killed, including how and why, and a number of case studies and study questions throughout. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
