TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heitmeyer,Wilhelm
AU  - Hagan,John
TI  - International handbook of violence research
SN  - 1402039808
AV  - HM886 .I566 2003
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - Dordrecht, Boston
PB  - Kluwer Academic Publishers
KW  - Violence
KW  - Research
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface. I: The Framework of the Handbook; 1. Violence: The Difficulties of a Systematic International Review; W. Heitmeyer, J. Hagan; 2. The Concept of Violence; P. Imbusch; 3. The Long-term Development of Violence: Empirical Findings and Theoretical Approach to Interpretation; M. Eisner; II: Research on Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach with a Focus on Social Sciences; 1. Societal Structures and Institutions: Social Conditions and State Agents; 1.1. Social Structures and Inequalities; R.D. Crutchfield, T. Wadsworth, J.F. Short Jr., C. Hagemann-White; 1.2. Violence in and by State Institutions; M. Hanagan, P. Longerich, G. Kummel, P. Klein, R.D. Crelinsten, J.-P. Brodeur; 2. Groups and Collectivities: Political and Ideological Violence; 2.1. Ethnopolitical Conflict and Separatist Violence; T. Gurr, A. Pitsch; 2.2. Ethnic Violence; A. Wimmer, C. Schetter; 2.3. The Socio-Anthropological Interpretation of Violence; G. Elwert; 2.4. Civil Wars; P. Waldmann; 2.5. Terrorism; F. Reinares; 2.6. Violence from Religious Groups; J. Pahl; 2.7. Vigilantism; D. Kowalewski; 2.8. Pogroms; W. Bergmann; 2.9. Violence and New Social Movements; D. Ruscht; 2.10. Violence and the New Left; D. della Porta; 2.11. Right-Wing Extremist Violence; W. Heitmeyer; 2.12. Large-Scale Violence as Contentious Politics; C. Tilly; 3. Violent Individuals: Perpetrators and Motives; 3.1. Processes ofLearning and Socialization; J.T. Tedeschi, R.F. Baumeister, B.J. Bushman, E.V.E. Hodges, N.A. Card, J. Isaacs, H. Lukesch, H. Foster, J. Hagan; 3.2. Evolutionary and Social Biological Approaches; M. Daly, M. Wilson, L. Baker, G. Albrecht, A. Blumstein, D. Hobbs, S. Messner; 4. Victims of Violence: Individuals and Groups; 4.1. Violence against Children; J. Gabarino, C.P. Bradshaw; 4.2. Violence in Intimate Relationships; P. Russell, R. Dobash, R.E. Dobash; 4.3. Suicide; D. Lester; 4.4. Violence against the Socially Expendable; E.A. Fattah; 4.5. Violence against Ethnic and Religious Minorities; T. Bjorgo; 4.6. Hate Crimes Directed at Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Victims; J. McDevitt, J. Williamson; 4.7. Trauma and Violence in Children and Adolescents: A Developmental Perspective; B.A. van der Kolk, A. Streeck-Fischer; 5. Social Opportunity Structures: Institutions and Social Spaces; 5.1. Violence in Social Institutions; R.J. Gelles, G. Klewin, K.J. Tillmann, G. Weingart, V. di Martino, E. Dunning; 5.2. Violence in the Public Space; R. Koelbel, F. Dubet; 6. Violence Discourses: Ideologies and Justifications; 6.1. Discourses and Ideologies; T. Meyer, H. Munkler, M. Llanque, K. Burgess-Jackson, V. Krech, J. Nieraad; 6.2. Justification Strategies; D. Grimm, A. Funk, O. Backes, P. Reichenbach, H. Bielefeldt, S. Lamnek; 7. Processes and Dynamics: Escalation and De-Escalation; 7.1. Fear of Violent Crime; K. Boers; 7.2. Public Opinion and Violence; H.M
N2  - The editors were delighted, therefore, by the cooperation and commitment shown by the eighty-one contributors from ten countries who were recruited to write on the sixty-two different topics, by the con- structive way in which any requests for changes were dealt with, and by the patient re- sponse to our many queries.
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