Violence
Subtitle: Reflections on a National Epidemic
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed edition
Publisher: Vintage
Published: April 29, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780679779124
Subjects: Violence; Sociology - General; Criminal Psychology; Violence (Sociological Aspects); Social Science; Sociology; Sociology - Social Theory; Criminology; Social Science / Criminology; Prevention; Psychological aspects
First sentence: VISITS TO THE MAXIMUM-SECURITY PRISON IN MASSACHUSSETTS ARE VISITS to hell.
Description: "Drawing on his firsthand experience as a prison psychiatrist, his own family history, and literature, Gilligan unveils the motives of men who commit horrifying crimes, men who will not only kill others but destroy themselves rather than suffer a loss of self-respect. With devastating clarity, Gilligan traces the role that shame plays in the etiology of murder and explains why our present penal system only exacerbates it."--Back cover.