Title
Why violence? : leading questions regarding the conceptualization and reality of violence in society / William E. Thornton, Lydia Voigt, Dee Wood Harper.
ISBN
9781594608674 paperback alkaline paper
1594608679 paperback alkaline paper
Imprint
Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2013.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 387 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Call Number
HV6493 .T48 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.6
Summary
"This book and its companion reader (Violence: Do We Know It When We See It?) explore the many manifest ways in which violence is understood in contemporary society, treating questions that have not conventionally been associated with violence such as why are acts of social injustice, environmental degradation, and gross abuse of power not considered acts of violence per se. In addressing the leading questions about violence, the book introduces readers to the complexities related with its definition and measurement, its varying expressions in society, its trends of occurrence, its origins and patterns over time and across cultures, and its solutions and control. Along the way the book presents the state-of-the-art thinking and associated research base as well as a critical analysis of the interplay between popular views and the "disconnect" between the public's understanding of violence including official responses to violence and scientific evidence."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What Is the Meaning of Violence?
The Measurement of Violence
Interpersonal Violence
Institutional Violence
Collective and Group Violence
State Violence
Who Are the Victims of Violence?
Individual Predictors of Violence and Dangerousness: Biological, Psychological/Psychiatric, and Integrated Life-Course Theories
Social Predictors of Violence and Dangerousness: Sociological and Humanistic/Critical Theories
Is Peace Possible?.
