ENGLISH

Preventing Violence

By James , Gilligan

Book information

Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Year
2001
ISBN
9780500770566, 0500770565
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
633 kB (647905 bytes)
Series
Prospects for tomorrow
Pages
(144 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Crimes violents--Prévention;Criminal Psychology;Cr

Description

"The twentieth century was steeped in violence. If we try to understand the violence of individuals, we may come to prevent the collective violence that threatens our future far more than all the individual crimes put together."--Jacket. Introduction: Two Approaches to Preventing Violence -- Ch. 1. Shame and Death of the Self -- Ch. 2. The Social Causes of Violence -- Ch. 3. Violence as Proof of Masculinity -- Ch. 4. A New Theory of Violence -- Ch. 5. How to Create Less Violent Societies -- Ch. 6. Secondary Prevention: Early Intervention -- Ch. 7. Tertiary Prevention: Therapeutic Intervention -- Ch. 8. Who Benefits from Violence?

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