Understanding and Preventing Violence,

Volume 1

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Size: 480 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1993

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Albert J. Reiss, Jr., and Jeffrey A. Roth, Editors; Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior, National Research Council
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Offering a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to understanding and preventing interpersonal violence and its consequences, this volume provides the most complete, up-to-date information available about how much violence occurs in America, how different processes--biological, psychosocial, situational, and social--interact to determine violence ...
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Table of Contents
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Front Matter	i-iv
Contents	v-x	(skim)
Preface	xi-xvi	(skim)
Summary	1-28	(skim)
Part I: Violent Human Behavior	29-30	(skim)
1 The Diversity of Violent Human Behavior	31-41	(skim)
2 Patterns of Violence in American Society	42-98	(skim)
Part II: Understanding Violence	99-100	(skim)
3 Perspectives on Violence	101-181	(skim)
4 Alcohol, Other Psychoactive Drugs, and Violence	182-220	(skim)
5 Violence in Families	221-254	(skim)
6 Firearms and Violence	255-288	(skim)
Part III: Harnessing Understanding to Improve Control	289-290	(skim)
7 Expanding the Limits of Understanding and Control	291-326	(skim)
8 Recommendations	327-354	(skim)
Appendixes	355-356	(skim)
A The Development of an Individual Potential for Violence	357-403	(skim)
B Measuring and Counting Violent Crimes and Their Consequences	404-429	(skim)
C Panel Biographies	430-438	(skim)
Index	439-464	(skim)

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Offering a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to understanding and preventing interpersonal violence and its consequences, this volume provides the most complete, up-to-date information available about how much violence occurs in America, how different processes--biological, psychosocial, situational, and social--interact to determine violence levels, what preventive strategies are suggested by our current knowledge of violence, and the most critical research needs in this area.

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