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Contents Acknowledgements 1. As American as Apple Pie Defining Violence Measuring Violence Reports to Law Enforcement Officials Violence and American Society Organization of the Book 2. Explaining Violence Ethological and Biological Explanations of Violence Serotonin Testosterone Brain Injuries Anti-Social Personality Disorder Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis Stress and Violence Sociological Explanations of Violence Economic Deprivation Strain Theories Cultural Adaptations Social Learning Theory Social Learning, Media, and Violence The Cycle of Violence Self-Control and Violence Informal Social Control Explaining Collective Violence Deindividuation Conclusions 3. Aiding and Abetting Violence Guns and Violence Guns, Culture, and Violence Gun Control Legislation Alcohol Illicit Drugs Alcohol and Drug Control Legislation Media and Violence Conclusion 4. Assault and Murder: A Continuum of Violence Defining Assault and Homicide Homicide Estimates of Assault Estimates of Homicide Violent Interactions Multicide Mass Murder Serial Murder Spree Murder Gang Killings Capital Punishment Capital Punishment and Public Safety Conclusions 5. Violence in the Home Intimate Partner Violence IN FOCUS 5.1 THE STORY OF AMY JONES How We Estimate the Magnitude of Nonlethal Violence Against Women Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) The National Violence Against Women and Men Survey (NVAWMS) Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence Power and Dominance Poverty Alcohol Use Intergenerational Transmission of Violence Theory or the Cycle of Violence Societal Responses to Intimate Partner Violence Mandatory Arrest Civil Protection Orders Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence Violence in Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender (GLBT) Relationships Stalking Societal Responses to Stalking Child Abuse IN FOCUS 5.2 WHEN MOTHERS KILL Risk Factors for Physical Child Abuse Societal Response to Physical Child Abuse Elder Abuse Risk Factors for Elder Abuse Societal Responses to Elder Abuse Conclusions 6. Stranger Danger Robbery Motivations for Robbery Robbery in Action Female Robbery Offenders Preventing Robbery Bank Robberies Carjacking Motivations for Carjacking Violent Hate Crimes Preventing Hate Crime Conclusions 7. Rape and Sexual Assault How Many Victims Are There? Demographic Factors Related to Victimization From the NCVS Rape and Sexual Molestation of Children College Women and Rape IN FOCUS 7.1 RAPE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Prison Rape IN FOCUS 7.2 RAPE IN PRISON Genocide and Rape IN FOCUS 7.3 THE STORY OF MARIA ? A SURVIVOR OF RAPE AND GENOCIDE Reasons for Rape Power and Dominance Response to Rape Victims and Offenders The Criminal Justice System and Sexual Assault Offenders Conclusions 8. Mob Violence Mobs and Crowds Mob Mentality Riots IN FOCUS 8.1 THE NEW YORK DRAFT RIOTS Race Riots Lynching Vigilantism IN FOCUS 8.2 VIGILANTISM IN FLAGSTAFF Conclusions 9. Terrorism Defining Terrorism Terrorism and Guerrilla Warfare History of Terrorism How Frequent Are Terrorist Acts? Types of Terrorism Who Becomes a Terrorist? Tactics and Weapons WMD Conclusions 10. Genocide Defining Genocide The United Nations Definition of Genocide IN FOCUS 10.1 GENOCIDE CONVENTION 20th Century Genocide Why Do Genocides Happen? Precursors to Genocide Perpetrators of Genocide Victims of Genocide When People Do Nothing: The Bystanders of Genocide IN FOCUS 10.2 THE GENOCIDE IN DARFUR International Law and Genocide Conclusions 11. Towards Violence Prevention Costs of Violence Violence as a Public Health Problem Conclusions
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Violence -- United States.
Violent crimes -- United States.
Violence.
Aggressiveness.
Genocide.