MURDER U.S.A. The Ways We Kill Each Other

Hardback. At the time of publication, every year some 20,000 Americans died as the result of criminal violence; that is every 26 minutes, a man, woman or child was slaughtered in one way or another. Despite crime-fighting forces, criminologists and sociologists, Government studies and statistics, the rise of death by violence continues to rise. The author asks why? While researching the book, he traveled through most of the United States and interviewed more than 200 people - from district attorneys, judges, police officers and FBI agents to revoloutionaries, members of juvenile gangs and convicted murderers. The result is an illuminating document that explodes the current popular explanations for the murder epidemic. With Select Bibliog., Notes and Index. 391pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Nr. F. in sunned vg. dw.