Criminology of Poisoning Contexts: Warfare, Terrorism, Assassination and Other Homicides

by Michael Farrell

Book Overview

This accessible book examines poisoning in various contexts of international conflict. It explores the modern-day use of poison in warfare, terrorism, assassination, mass suicide, serial poisoning within healthcare, and as capital punishment. It examines a broad range of international cases from the Americas, Europe, Japan, India and more in relation to Situational Crime Prevention and its theoretical precursors, in order to explore potential prevention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030408299
• ISBN13: 9783030408299
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"