Violence: The Enduring Problem
- ISBN-10
- 1412916852
- ISBN-13
- 9781412916851
- Series
- Violence
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 346
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- SAGE
- Authors
- Alex Alvarez, Ronet Bachman
Description
Violence comprises a historical and contemporary discussion of the origins, patterns, and causes of violence in society. Through the use of contemporary and historical sources this book explore a variety of individual and collective types of violent crimes. It incorporates a broad interdisciplinary approach to analyzing the patterns and correlates of violence using the most up-to-date research and theories and presents them in a style intended to be accessible to a wide audience of readers.
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