The Meanings of Violence

The media often makes sense of violence in terms of 'randomness' and 'evil'. But the reality, as the contributors to The Meanings of Violence demonstrate, is far more complex. Drawing on the diverse subject matter of the ESRC's Violence Research Programme - from interviews with killers to discussions with children in residential facilities - this volume locates the meaning of violence within social contexts, identities and social divisions. It aims to break open our way of speaking about violence and demonstrate the value in exploring the multiple, contradictory and complex meanings of violence in society. The wide range of topics include: prostitute and client violence violence amongst young people at school and on the streets violence in bars and nightclubs violence in prison racist and homophobic violence This book will be fascinating reading for students of criminology and academics working in the field of violent crime.

ISBN 0415301300   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780415301305 (What's this?)   Pages 288 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint Routledge   Weight (grammes) 522 Format Paperback   Published in London Publication date 26 Dec 2002   Height (mm) 235 Non-book description book   Width (mm) 159 Library of Congress 2002009629   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 303.6   Academic level Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate

		List of illustrations
		Notes on contributors
		Notes on research projects
		Introduction: conceptualising the meanings of violence by Elizabeth A. Stanko		1
Pt. I		Conceptualising the meanings of violence		15
1		Headlines from history: violence in the press, 1850-1914 by John Archer and Jo Jones		17
2		'Jump on top, get the job done': strategies employed by female prostitutes to reduce the risk of client violence by Graham Hart and Marina Barnard		32
3		Violence against children: thresholds of acceptance for physical punishment in a normative study of parents, children and discipline by Neal Hazel and Deborah Ghate and Susan Creighton and Julia Field and Steven Finch		49
Pt. II		Violence, meaning and social identities		69
4		'Taking it to heart': girls and the meanings of violence by Michele Burman and Jane Brown and Susan Batchelor		71
5		'Hi, I'm Ramon and I run this place': challenging the normalisation of violence in children's homes from young people's perspectives by Emma Renold and Christine Barter		90
6		Understanding racist violence by Larry Ray and David Smith and Liz Wastell		112
7		The constitution of fear in gay space by Leslie J. Moran and Beverley Skeggs and Paul Tyrer and Karen Corteen		130
Pt. III		Violence, meaning and social contexts		147
8		Defined by men's abuse: the 'spoiled identity' of domestic violence survivors by Rosemary Aris and Gill Hague and Audrey Mullender		149
9		Bouncers and the social context of violence: masculinity, class and violence in the night-time economy by Simon Winlow and Dick Hobbs and Stuart Lister and Phil Hadfield		165
10		Violence in a changing political context: Northern Ireland and South Africa by Colin Knox and Rachel Monaghan		184
Pt. IV		Violence, meaning and institutional contexts		203
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