ASSASSINATION AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE

• NCJ Number: 770
• Author(s): J F Kirkham; S Levy
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 580 pages
• Corporate Author: National Commission on the Causes & Prevention of Violence
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF ASSASSINATION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT ENCOURAGE GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTACK POLITICAL LEADERS ARE IDENTIFIED.

Abstract

APPENDICES COVER SPECIAL RESEARCH REPORTS ON POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, AND A SURVEY OF ATTITUDES TOWARD POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.