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Acid Crime

Context, Motivation and Prevention

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Authors:
  1. Matt Hopkins

    1. School of Criminology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

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  2. Lucy Neville

    1. School of Criminology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

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  3. Teela Sanders

    1. School of Criminology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

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  • Draws on a funded research project by the Home Office
  • Provides a solid overview of acid crimes, contexts and the research literature
  • Informs students, practitioners, media personnel and policy makers

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society (PSRCS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. An Introduction: Acid Attacks and Corrosive Substance Crime

    • Matt Hopkins, Lucy Neville, Teela Sanders
    Pages 1-19

  3. Acid Attacks and Corrosive Substance Crime: An Introduction to the Previous Literature

    • Matt Hopkins, Lucy Neville, Teela Sanders
    Pages 21-47

  4. The Contexts and Characteristics of Acid Attacks

    • Matt Hopkins, Lucy Neville, Teela Sanders
    Pages 49-74

  5. Carrying Acid and Corrosives

    • Matt Hopkins, Lucy Neville, Teela Sanders
    Pages 75-103

  6. Motivations to Use Acid: The Transition from Carrier to Thrower

    • Matt Hopkins, Lucy Neville, Teela Sanders
    Pages 105-135

  7. Preventing Acid Attacks and Corrosive Substance Crime

    • Matt Hopkins, Lucy Neville, Teela Sanders
    Pages 137-170

  8. Conclusions

    • Matt Hopkins, Lucy Neville, Teela Sanders
    Pages 171-185

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 187-204
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About this book

This book provides an authoritative overview of the contemporary phenomenon widely labelled as ‘acid attacks’. Although once thought of as a predominantly ‘gendered crime’, acid and other corrosive substances have been used in a range of violence crimes. This book explores the historical use of corrosives in crime, legal definitions of such attacks, the contexts in which corrosives are used, victim characteristics, offender motivations for carrying and decanting corrosives, and preventative strategies. Data is drawn from the international literature and the analysis of primary data collected in the UK (which is thought to have one of the highest rates of acid attacks in the world) from interviews with over 20 convicted offenders and from police case files relating to over 1,000 crimes involving corrosive substances. This book adds significantly to the international literature on weapons carrying and use, which to date has predominantly focused around the possession and use ofguns and knives. 


Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Criminology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

    Matt Hopkins, Lucy Neville, Teela Sanders

About the authors

Matt Hopkins is Associate Professor at the School of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK.

Lucy Neville is Lecturer at the School of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK.

Teela Sanders is Professor at the School of Criminology, University of Leicester, UK

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