Understanding Violence
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Published: December 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780805836301
Subjects: Violence in Society; Sociology; Personality; Violent crimes; Psychology; United States; Criminology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Family Therapy; Emotions; Criminal psychology; Psychological aspects; Violence
First sentence: No longer rare in the experience of most Americans, violence hits us where we live-literally.
Description: "In this book, Elizabeth Kandel Englander sorts, structures, and evaluates violence hypotheses. She draws on contemporary research and theory in varied fields - clinical and social psychology, sociology, criminology, psychiatry, social work, neuropsychology, behavioral genetics, and education - to present a uniquely balanced, integrated, and readable summary of what we currently know about the causes and effects of violence.

Throughout, she emphasizes the necessity of distinguishing among different types of violent behavior and of realizing that nature and nurture interact in human development. There are no simple answers, and many well-accepted "facts" must be challenged." "This thoroughly revised and expanded second edition of Understanding Violence will be welcomed by all those concerned with violent offenders and their victims, and by their students and trainees."--BOOK JACKET.