Violence in South Africa
Subtitle: a variety of perspectives
By: editors, Elirea Bornman, René van Eeden, Marie Wentzel.
Contributors: Bornman, Elirea.; Van Eeden, René.; Wentzel, Marie.
Publisher: HSRC
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Pretoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
Subjects: Violence -- South Africa; Violence -- South Africa -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Towards a critically informed policy for dealing with violence in South Africa / René van Eeden, Elirea Bornman and Marie Wentzel; title: Political conflict and other manifestations of violence in South Africa / Anthony Minnaar, Sam Pretorius and Marie Wentzel; title: Political violence with specific reference to South Africa / Chris de Kock and Charl Schutte; title: Group membership as determinant of violence and conflict : the case of South Africa / Elirea Bornman; title: Crowds, psychology and crowd control / Don Foster and Kevin Durrheim; title: Ukunxityiswa kwempimpi itayari njengotshaba lomzabalazo : an exploratory study of insider accounts of necklacing in three Port Elizabeth townships / Ntuthu Nomoyi and Willem Schurink; title: Witch killing with specific reference to the Northern Province of South Africa / Anthony Minnaar, Marie Wentzel and Catherine Payze; title: Violence and the criminal justice system / Ben Smit and Charl Cilliers; title: A gender perspective on violence during the struggle against apartheid / Beth Goldblatt and Sheila Meintjes; title: Violence and the individual / Louise Olivier, Louw Roos and Lorinda Bergh; title: Exposure to television violence and the development of aggression among children : evidence from various longitudinal studies / Martin Botha; title: Drugs and violence nexus / Lee Rocha-Silva and Timothy Ryan; title: "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" : problems of violence prevention and reconciliation in South Africa's transition to democracy / Brandon Hamber; title: Preventive programmes for schools and other institutions / Susan Lombard and Andri van der Merwe; title: A public health approach to violence in South Africa / Johan Kruger, Alex Butchart, Mohamed Seedat and Angela Gilchrist; title: Violence and its prevention : disentangling the tangle / Elirea Bornman, Anthony Minnaar and Louw Roos.