Driven to Kill
Vehicles as Weapons

 

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Driven to Kill
Vehicles as Weapons

by J.Peter Rothe (Author)

 

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ISBN: 9780888644879

 

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Examines the use of vehicles in cases of assault, abduction, rape, gang warfare, terrorism, suicide, and murder. This book offers research for sociologists, criminologists, policy makers, police, as well as public health, injury prevention, and traffic safety professionals.


The charge: first-degree murder. The murder weapon: a 1987 Ford Escort. A car as a murder weapon? In "Driven to Kill", Rothe unflinchingly examines the use of vehicles in cases of assault, abduction, rape, gang warfare, terrorism, suicide, and murder. What separates an everyday driver from a motorised menace? Read and find out. Yes, Rothe offers a trove of unprecedented research for sociologists, criminologists, policy makers, police, as well as public health, injury prevention, and traffic safety professionals, but his accessible style speaks to our fascination with car culture and true crime stories.


 

ISBN 888644876
ISBN13 9780888644879
Publisher University of Alberta Press
Format Paperback
Publication date 01/04/2008
Pages 246
Weight (grammes) 408
Published in Canada
Height (mm) 230
Width (mm) 155