CONTAGION OF CRIMINAL VIOLENCE (FROM CRIME AND JUSTICE, 1971-1972 - AN AMS ANTHOLOGY, 1974 BY JACKWELL SUSMAN SEE NCJ-28615)

• NCJ Number: 28627
• Author(s): L BERKOWITZ; J MCCAULAY
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 21 pages
• Corporate Author: AMS Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS STUDY ANALYZES UNIFORM CRIME REPORT CRIMES AGAINST PERSON TO SEE IF THERE WERE INCREASES IN VIOLENT CRIMES PRECIPITATED BY THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, AND THE MASS MURDERS BY RICHARD SPECK AND CHARLES WHITMAN.

Abstract

FOLLOWING THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION WAS A SHORT PERIOD OF SHOCK AND READJUSTMENT, FOLLOWED BY AN UPSWING IN VIOLENT CRIMES. THE SPECK AND WHITMAN INCIDENTS SEEM TO HAVE PRECIPITATED SHARP UPTURNS IN VIOLENT CRIME OCCURRENCES.