Randall Collins
ISBN10: 0691143226 ISBN13: 9780691143224
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Aug 2009
List of Illustrations and Tables ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1: The Micro-sociology of Violent Confrontations 1 Violent Situations 1 Micro-evidence: Situational Recordings, Reconstructions, and Observations 3 Comparing Situations across... More
Slavoj Zizek
ISBN10: 1846680271 ISBN13: 9781846680274
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jan 2009
Argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains our political and economic systems. With the help of eminent philosophers and frequent references to popular culture, this title examines the causes... More
Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi
ISBN10: 1847884164 ISBN13: 9781847884169
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd Berg Publishers
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Aug 2009
Violence takes many forms. From large-scale acts of terrorism to assaults on single individuals, violence is a defining force in shaping human experience and a central theme in anthropological study. Violence: Ethnographic Encounters presents a... More
Vittorio Bufacchi
ISBN10: 0230537715 ISBN13: 9780230537712
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 15 Apr 2009
The first anthology of philosophical essays on the nature and justifiability of violence, taken from the last 100 years and exploring a range of philosophical issues pertaining to violence. Violence holds considerable philosophical interest... More
June Keeling, Tom Mason
ISBN10: 0335222811 ISBN13: 9780335222810
Publisher: Open University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 May 2008
1 Introduction by June Keeling and Tom Mason 1Pt. 1 Recognition 2 Abuse and the elderly by Georgia J. Anetzberger 113 'Gender symmetry' in domestic violence: a falsely-framed issue by Michael S. Kimmel 214 Female victims of violence by Marguerite L. More
Jim Kendrick
ISBN10: 1906660263 ISBN13: 9781906660260
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Oct 2009
A concise and accessible introduction to the role of violence from the silent era to the present, this volume illustrates the breadth and depth of screen bloodshed in historical, cultural, and industrial contexts. After considering problems of... More
Douglas A Brownridge (Assistant Professor, Department of Family Studies,
ISBN10: 0415996082 ISBN13: 9780415996082
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Mar 2009
List of Figures List of Tables 1 Introduction 12 Situating Research on Vulnerable Populations Within the Family Violence Field 43 Materials and Methods 154 Violence Against Cohabiting Women: Present Perspective and Future Prospective 285... More
Abigail Sterne, Liz Poole
ISBN10: 0415465516 ISBN13: 9780415465519
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Oct 2009
This book describes the impact of domestic violence on children and provides support for education and social care professionals. It takes heavy workloads into account and suggests practical ways of meeting the needs of pupils who come from... More
Jonathan Fast
ISBN10: 0715638033 ISBN13: 9780715638033
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Oct 2009
Analyses thirteen school 'rampage' shootings - including the Columbine High School massacre - and explains why teenagers commit these tragic atrocities. This title offers us a means of understanding and coming to terms with these shootings... More
Ryan David Jahn
ISBN10: 0230743595 ISBN13: 9780230743595
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Macmillan New Writing
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 06 Nov 2009
Katrina Marino is about to become America's most infamous murder victim. This title tells Katrina's story, and the story of her killer as well as the story of Katrina's neighbours, those who witnessed her murder and did nothing. Katrina Marino is... More
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