HOMICIDE : Murders and Manslaughter in 21st Century Ireland

Paperback. Ireland is not as safe as we would like to think. In 1960s Ireland, there were only 5 homicides. In 2006, there were 10 times as many murder and manslaughter cases each year. Why are two-thirds of the fatal assaults on women committed in their own homes? What is the most dangerous county in Ireland? Why are 66% of all children murdered in Ireland killed by one of their parents? Why are Lithuanian men twice as likely to die violently in Ireland, than in their native country? From drunken brawls and domestic disputes, to the unnerving rise of organised crime and gangland killings, in this book the authors put the increasingly violent State under the microscope uncovering shocking facts and hard-hitting statistics that expose the growing thirst for violence in Irish society. A probing look at modern day Ireland's sinister undercurrents and a must read for anyone who wants a better understanding of what it now means to live there. Illus. 292pp. p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.