Violence and the Prevention of Violence

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Edited by Leonore Loeb Adler and Florence L. Denmark

Forewords by Lenore E. A. Walker and Benjamin B. Wolman

ISBN: 0-275-94873-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94873-3

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248 pages, figures

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 1/30/1995

List Price: $117.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

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Description: 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 look at violence as a societal phenomenon--its motivational aspects as related to, for example, terrorism or machismo. The second group of essays discuss violence involving children--incest, trauma, delinquency, school violence, and the death penalty for youths. The last section looks at adult violence, particularly within the family. Marital violence, domestic violence, substance abuse, women and crime, and maltreatment of elders are all presented. The consensus of the study is that the eradication of violence is essential to a better world and is possible. Proof of its possibility is given in the concluding description of life in Ladakh, a peaceable society of Tibetans in northwestern India.

Table of Contents:

Forewords by Lenore E. A. Walker and Benjamin B. Wolman
Preface by Leonore Loeb Adler and Florence L. Denmark
Violence: A Societal Phenomenon
Motivational Approach to Violent Behavior: Cross-Cultural Perspective by Sergei V. Tsytsarev and Charles V. Callahan
Machismo Values and Violence in America: An Empirical Study by Robert S. Lee
Assessment of Attitudes toward Terrorism by Harold Takooshian and William M. Verdi
Violence Involving the Young
Violent Youth: Reflections on Contemporary Child-Rearing Practices in America as an Antecedent Cause by June F. Chisholm
Trauma in Children's Lives: Issues and Treatment by Jack L. Herman, Barbara A. Mowder, Linda Moy, and Linda Sadler
Incest: The Most Personal Violence by Dan Meyer
Violence in the Schools by Joseph O'Donoghue
Juvenile Violence and the Death Penalty by Joan M. Reidy Merlo
Violence in Adulthood
Male Violence Against Women: A Global Health and Development Issue by Nancy Felipe Russo, Mary P. Koss, and Lisa Goodman
Domestic Violence and Its Prevention by Herbert H. Krauss and Beatrice J. Krauss
Gender-Stereotypes and the Problem of Marital Violence by Gwendolyn L. Gerber
Women and Crime by Barbara Cowen
Prevention of Family Violence for the Female Alcoholic by Jean Cirillo
Elder Violence (Maltreatment) in Domestic Setting: Some Theory and Research by Margot B. Nadien
Epilogue: Traditional Buddhist Ladakh; A Society at Peace by Uwe P. Gielen
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 94-28007

LCC Class: HM291

Dewey Class: 303.6


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