An edition of Driven to kill (2008)
Driven to kill
vehicles as weapons
By John Peter Rothe
Publish Date
2008
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Language
eng
Pages
246
Description:
From the Back Cover In Driven to Kill, J. Peter Rothe unflinchingly examines the use of vehicles in cases of assault, abduction, rape, gang warfare, terrorism, suicide, and murder. How can a car be such an enabling force for the gamut of society's most heinous crimes? Rothe offers a trove of unprecedented research for sociologists, criminologists, policy makers, police, as well as public health, injury prevention, and traffic safety professionals, but his accessible style speaks to our fascination with car culture and true crime stories. A widely published scholar, Peter Rothe has a rich background in analysing the social behaviour engaged in risk, safety, and injury. He has directed major qualitative research studies in traffic safety, education, trucking, criminology, health, injury control, counselling, First Nations communities, and gerontology. Dr. Rothe is presently Associate Professor with the University of Alberta School of Public Health, Centre for Health Promotion Studies and a senior researcher with the Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research at the University of Alberta.