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    Violence!: Our Fastest-Growing Public Health Problem » Read Now

    by John Langone. 210 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    Examines the roots and outward manifestations of aggression and violence, the role of society and the individual, and what can be done to lessen the trend toward violent behavior and encourage a peaceful approach.
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    Understanding Violence » Read Now

    by Elizabeth Kandel Englander. 188 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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    Violent Origins » Read Now

    by Robert G. Hamerton-Kelly, Burton Mack. 280 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...appear at the end of the book Preface Violence is the heart and secret soul of the Sacred. Rene Girard, Violence and the Sacred More can be said for...society are founded...
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    Violence and the Prevention of Violence » Read Now

    by Leonore Loeb Adler, Florence L. Denmark, Lenore E. A. Walker, Benjamin B. Wolman. 217 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    Under the aegis of the two grandes dames of international studies in psychology, 23 experts examine violence in all of its multivarious forms around the world. They find that it is present in practically every society, at every socioeconomic level, and in every age group. The first group of essays...
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    Schools, Violence, and Society » Read Now

    by Allan M. Hoffman. 358 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    This book is designed to examine issues related to schools, violence, and society. Since the 1960s, crime and violence have been increasing in America's schools. This violence is not limited to inner-city schools, but has struck virtually every strata and socio-economic level of American culture and...
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    Confronting Violence: Answers to Questions about the Epidemic Destroying America's Homes and Communities » Read Now

    by George A. Gellert. 302 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...-i- -ii- CONFRONTING VIOLENCE CONFRONTING VIOLENCE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EPIDEMIC DESTROYING...ABUSE OF CHILDREN 43 CHAPTER 4: SCHOOL AND YOUTH VIOLENCE 89...
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    Religion and Violence » Read Now

    by Robert Mcafee Brown. 118 pgs.

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    American Youth Violence » Read Now

    by Franklin E. Zimring. 212 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    This is the definitive examination of adolescent violence in the United States as both a social phenomenon and a policy problem. Franklin Zimring, one of America's most esteemed scholars of law and crime, scrutinizes criminal statistics and demographic trends in order to authoritatively address...
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    Poverty, Ethnicity, and Violent Crime » Read Now

    by James F. Short. 244 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...Role of Unsupervised Youth Groups in Violence 75 Historical and Comparative...Street Gangs, Other Collectivities, and Violence, 91 Conclusion: Toward...100 Socialization...
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    Violence in Dating Relationships: Emerging Social Issues » Read Now

    by Maureen A. Pirog-Good, Jan E. Stets. 294 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    "This extremely valuable collection of fourteen chapters is divided into two sections, with the first section covering research on physical abuse in dating relationships and the second section covering the issue of sexual abuse in dating relationships. With the increasing public awareness of and...
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    White Violence and Black Response: From Reconstruction to Montgomery » Read Now

    by Herbert Shapiro. 565 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...White Violence and Black Response White Violence and Black Response From Reconstruction to Montgomery...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shapiro Herbert. White violence and...
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    Casualties of Community Disorder: Women's Careers in Violent Crime » Read Now

    by Deborah R. Baskin, Ira B. Sommers. 192 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    Based on some 170 case studies, this volume delves into the heart of the criminal subculture to produce evidence that challenges traditional gender-based assumptions about women and crime.
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    Violence Assessment and Intervention: The Practitioner's Handbook » Read Now

    by James S. Cawood, Michael H. Corcoran. 261 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    The principle focus of this book is not sociological theory, or even clinical assessment, but practical intervention, monitoring, and control of violence. Unlike other books which focus on violence at work or in school, Violence Assessment and Intervention presents practical techniques for use in...
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    Crime is Not the Problem: Lethal Violence in America » Read Now

    by Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins. 274 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    In Crime is Not the Problem, Franklin Zimring and Gordon Hawkins revolutionize the way we think about crime and violence--by forcing us to distinguish between crime and violence. The authors reveal that compared to other industrialized nations, in most categories of nonviolent crime, American crime...
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    Must We Fight? From the Battlefield to the Schoolyard, a New Perspective on Violent Conflict and Its Prevention » Read Now

    by William L. Ury. 125 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    The world struggles with violent conflicts that are unsolvable and inevitable, as if they were part of human nature. Not true, says William Ury, a world famous, best-selling author and top-level negotiator. In this encouraging and startlingly original book, he and several colleagues provide new...

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