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Foreword to the 1988 Edition The History of Violent Crime in America -Ted Robert Gurr An Overview Historical Trends in Violent Crime - TedRobert Gurr England, Western Europe, and the United States On the History(and Future) of Homicide in America - Roger Lane The Size, Shape, andSocial Significance of Long-Term Trends Diverging Homicide Rates, England andthe United States, 1850-1875 - Eric H Monkkonen Violence Arrests in the City- Neil Alan Weiner and Margaret A Zahn The Philadelphia Story, 1857-1980Violence and Lawlessness on the Western Frontier - Roger D McGrathBootlegging - Mark H Haller The Business of Politics of Violence EconomicChange and Homicide in Detroit, 1926-1979 - Colin Loftin, David McDowall andJames Boudouris Identifying Potential Assassins - James W Clarke SomeSituational Correlates of Dangerousness in America Firearms and Violence -Don B Kates Jr Old Premises and Current Evidence Homicide in the TwentiethCentury United States - Margaret A Zahn Trends, Types, and Causes SocialChange and the Future of Violent Crime in the United States - Wesley G SkoganCrime, Law, and Society in America - Richard Maxwell Brown From IndustrialSociety to the Information Society