Book
Violence : reflections on a national epidemic
Record details
- ISBN: 0679779124 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780679779124
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Physical Description:
vi, 306 p. ; 21 cm.
print - Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1997.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1996. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-294) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : violence as tragedy -- Part I: the pathology of violence -- Visits to hell : entering the world of prison -- Dead souls -- Violent action as symbolic language : myth, ritual, and tragedy -- Part II: the "germ theory" of violence -- How to think about violence -- Shame : the emotions and morality of violence -- Part III: the epidemiology of violence -- The symbolism of punishment -- How to increase the rate of violence - and why -- The deadliest form of violence is poverty -- The biology of violence -- Culture, gender, and violence : "we are not women" -- Epilogue : civilization and its malcontents. |
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| Subject: | Violence -- Prevention Violence -- Psychological aspects Violence |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Sitka.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Castlegar Campus Library | HM 886 G45 1996 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
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B001324649 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
