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Books on: street violence

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King Kong on 4th Street: Families and the Violence of Poverty on the Lower East Side

Book by Jagna Wojcicka Sharff; Westview Press, 1998

Subjects:

Family--New York (State)--New York, Hispanic American Families--New York (State)--New York, Kinship--New York (State)--New York, Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)--Economic Conditions, Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)--Social Conditions, Sex Role--New York (State)--New York, Urban Poor--New York (State)--New York

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...OX2 9JJ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wojcicka Jagna Sharff. King Kong on 4th Street: families and the violence of poverty on the Lower East Side / Jagna Wojcicka Sharff. p. c.m. -- Institutional structures of...
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Understanding Violence

Book by Elizabeth Kandel Englander; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997

Subjects:

Criminal Psychology--United States, Violence--United States, Violent Crimes--United States, Violent Crimes--United States--Psychological Aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...pan-violent men and street offenders were different...correlate of both pan-violence or street violence, it is much less strongly...much riskier crime. Street offenders, already...batterers to confine their violence to the family. However...
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Crime Is Not the Problem: Lethal Violence in America

Book by Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Violence--United States, Violent Crimes--United States, Violent Crimes--United States--Prevention

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...countermeasures. Many people get excited about violence on television as a cause of violence in the street because they believe that a causal link means...immediate and significant influence on street violence. It is this misperception we believe that...
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Preventing Violence in Schools: A Challenge to American Democracy

Book by Joan N. Burstyn, Geoff Bender, Ronnie Casella, Howard W. Gordon, Domingo P. Guerra, Kristen V. Luschen, Rebecca Stevens, Kimberly M. Williams; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001

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School Violence--United States--Prevention

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...rivalries, 29 Stairwells, 31 Street comer lifestyle, 226 Street crews, see Gangs Street, violence, 231 Streeting down, 227 Student...Students behavior change and school violence, 3 perceptions of violence, 48 , 51 -52 whole school approach...
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The Meanings of Violence

Book by Elizabeth A. Stanko; Routledge, 2003

Subjects:

Culture Conflict, Ethnic Conflict, Social Conflict, Violence

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...changed in the discourse about violence, as historians have shown, is...some of its forms. So-called street violence - where stranger attacks stranger...However, the growing intolerance of violence towards children and within intimate...

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Journal Articles on: street violence

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Street Justice: A History of Police Violence in New York City

Journal article by Allen Steinberg; Journal of Social History, Vol. 41, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Street Justice: A History of Police Violence in New York City (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Street Justice: A History of Police Violence in New York City. by Allen Steinberg...Street Justice: A History of Police Violence in New York City. By Marilynn...state is its monopoly of legitimate violence in society. At home, this monopoly...
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Naming Systemic Violence in Winnipeg's Street Sex Trade

Journal article by Maya Seshia; Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol. 19, 2010

Subjects:

Human smuggling--Demographic aspects, Human smuggling--Economic aspects, Sex oriented businesses--Social aspects, Violence--Demographic aspects, Violence--Economic aspects, Winnipeg, Manitoba--Social aspects

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...take the view that violence simply "comes with the streets." Participants repeatedly...expressed the attitude that violence against street sex workers should...racialized women in the street sex trade (Bittle...Moreover, the notion that violence simply "comes with the streets" shifts blame from...
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Violence against Women in Street Level Prostitution: Women Centered Community Responses

Journal article by Celia Williamson; Advancing Women in Leadership, Vol. 18, 2005

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Community development corporations, Law enforcement, Prostitution, Social activism, Violence

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...and heinous types of violence among women in society...to not only report violence to authorities, but...to women involved in street level prostitution...invisible victims of the streets to both funding bodies...time for women on the streets who are victims of horrendous male initiated violence to be given the same...oppression of women in street level prostitution...
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Perpetrators as Victims: Understanding Violence by Female Street-walking Prostitutes

Journal article by Elizabeth Mayfield Arnold, J. Chris Stewart, C. Aaron McNeece; Violence and Victims, Vol. 16, 2001

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Behavior, Sex crimes, Studies, Substance abuse treatment, Violence

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...women who engage in street prostitution and the...support. Once on the streets, fear of reprisal from...some prostitutes to use violence. Given the justice systems punitive focus, street-walking prostitutes...criminal behavior off the streets. In particular, those...to the prevention of violence that overlooks the fact...
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Mean Street, USA: The Problem of Abuse and Violence in the Field

Journal article by Rebecca Berg; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 67, 2005

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Sanitarians--Crimes against, Workplace violence--Personal narratives, Workplace violence--Prevention, Workplace violence--Social aspects

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Mean Street, USA: The Problem of Abuse and Violence in the Field. by Rebecca...abusive behavior and violence varies widely by jurisdiction...car, stood on the street corner in front of...the possibility of violence and to have procedures...

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Magazine Articles on: street violence

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Settler Violence and September 11: a Report from the Mean Streets of Hebron

Magazine article by Kathleen Kern; Tikkun, Vol. 16, November 2001

Subjects:

International, International relations, Israel, Politics, Social conditions & trends, Society, Violence

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...by Kathleen Kern Settler Violence and September 11: A Report from the Mean Streets of Hebron Kathleen Kern...and twelve wandered the streets in packs stoning Palestinian...not seen this level of street violence since the months before...
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Cops, Not Liquor Regulations, Reduce Street Violence

Magazine article by Tim Wilson; Review - Institute of Public Affairs, Vol. 60, November 2008

Subjects:

Australia, Bars, Law enforcement, Lockouts, Violence

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...Not Liquor Regulations, Reduce Street Violence by Tim Wilson On one of its websites...warzones, where alcohol is fuelling violence and thuggery around urban pubs...significant impact on late night violence. Queensland has had a state...
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"Schools Should Not Be Stressing Children" with Soaring Street Violence and Constant Testing in the Classroom, Martin Bright and Suzanne Moore Ask the Children's Secretary, Ed Balls, If Britain's Next Generation Is Getting a Fair Deal

Magazine article by Martin Bright, Suzanne Moore; New Statesman, Vol. 137, July 7, 2008

Subjects:

Balls, Ed--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Balls, Ed--Powers and duties, British students--Crimes against, British students--Psychological aspects, British students--Social aspects, Educational organizations--Powers and duties, School violence--Investigations, Schools--Safety and security measures, Secretaries (Government)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Secretaries (Government)--Powers and duties, United Kingdom--Educational aspects, United Kingdom--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Be Stressing Children" with Soaring Street Violence and Constant Testing in the Classroom...says she fears for her children on the streets because of gun and knife crime. Balls...For Balls, the key to tackling youth violence is intervention at an early age, but...
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Street-gang Mentality: a Mosaic of Remorseless Violence and Relentless Loyalty

Magazine article by Anthony J. Pinizzotto, Edward F. Davis, Charles E. Miller III; FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Vol. 76, September 2007

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Behavior, Child discipline, Competition, Detention centers, Drugs, Families & family life, Gangs, Murders & murder attempts, Role models, Violence

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Street-gang Mentality: a Mosaic of Remorseless Violence and Relentless Loyalty...years of research on violence against law enforcement...level of respect on the street. This lifestyle often...criminal behavior-more violence achieved more material...
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Weeping for Her Sons: From Africa to the Streets of Boston, Cape Verdean Mother Tries to Stop a Wave of Violence

Magazine article by Adrienne P. Samuels; Ebony, Vol. 63, February 2008

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Cape Verdeans--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Cape Verdeans--Crimes against, Cape Verdeans--Demonstrations and protests, Crime prevention--Social aspects, Mendes, Isaura--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Mendes, Isaura--Demonstrations and protests, Mothers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Mothers--Demonstrations and protests

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...has a right to grow up in a violence-free community." A young...there likely would be no gang violence--Matthews attitude lightened...whenever a life was lost on the streets. After the meeting, Mendes...sedate me or Ill be in the street hurting people because my...two good-looking sons to violence was a compelling tale. They...

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Newspaper Articles on: street violence

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BAR WARS; Street Violence Makes a Mockery of Ireland's Hospitality On

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), September 25, 2011

Subjects:

Violence--Demonstrations and protests

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

BAR WARS; Street Violence Makes a Mockery of Irelands Hospitality...battleground by brutal gangs intent on violence. the fight, involving up to 30 men...Bank. However, despite the shocking violence on display no arrests were made during...
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ZERO TOLERANCE; Police Are on the Beat to Stamp out Street Violence

Newspaper article; The Gympie Times (Gympie, Australia), November 27, 2009

Subjects:

Police, Police officers, Violence

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Beat to Stamp out Street Violence. Byline: Lee Gailer...was going on in the streets and operations were...hand. aThe majority of street violence starts with excessive...in hotels.a Anti-violence campaigner Karyn De...
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Our View; Street Violence Has No Place in Gympie

Newspaper article; The Gympie Times (Gympie, Australia), November 6, 2009

Subjects:

Gold industry, Violence

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Our View; Street Violence Has No Place in Gympie. FEW would...for something to be done about street violence, particularly in the CBD. Gympies...but it is a fact that much of the violence does not happen in licensed premises...
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NO EASY FIX ON STREET VIOLENCE Lack of Taxis a Problem

Newspaper article; The Gympie Times (Gympie, Australia), March 23, 2011

Subjects:

Violence

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

NO EASY FIX ON STREET VIOLENCE Lack of Taxis a Problem. Byline...factors contributing to night-time violence at Monkland St cab rank, says the...a reduction in incidents of street violence since railings and extra lights were...
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Let's Kick out Street Violence; as Millwall and Charlton Stage Charity Match, Mizen and Knox Families Face Christmas without Their Sons

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), December 17, 2009

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Charities, Family, Murder, Violence

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Lets Kick out Street Violence; as Millwall and Charlton Stage Charity...memory of two fans killed by street violence. On Saturday, Charlton Athletic and...Charlton - will be replaced with Street Violence Ruins Lives, a campaign run by Charlton...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: street violence

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Madagascar

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...With the economy deteriorating, protesters staged street demonstrations in Feb., 1996, and there were some...protests, which tapped into popular discontent, led to street violence in late January and early February; also in early February...
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Basquiat, Jean-Michel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of the era. A rebel, high-school dropout, and part of the downtown New York scene, he was influenced by the violence of street life, the variety of African-American life, multiculturalism, and the emerging hip-hop culture. He was also...
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Delillo, Don

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...stream of novels beginning with Americana (1971), he has explored the anomie and violence of contemporary America rock music and drugs in Great Jones Street (1973), science and mathematics in Ratners Star (1976), terrorism in Players...
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Stone, Oliver

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...fiction in some films (e.g., JFK, 1991) and for portraying extreme violence in others (e.g., Natural Born Killers, 1994). His many other movies include Wall Street (1987), Born on the Fourth of July (1989; Academy Award, best director...
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Uigurs

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...there have been sporadic antigovernment protests and violence and government antiseparatist crackdowns; in 1954 there was a Uigur uprising in Hotan, and in 2009 there was deadly street fighting between Uigurs and Chinese in Urumqi. Today half...

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