Violence (School of American Research Advanced Seminar) (School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series)
Publisher: School of American Research Press
Published: December 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781930618510
Subjects: Violence in Society; Sociology; Social Science; Criminology; Cross-cultural studies; Victims of crimes; Violence
First sentence: The last decade has seen a frightening increase in the use of violence as a means of political and cultural assertion, most notably in the context of postcolonial conflicts such as those in Bosnia, Sri Lanka, and Rwanda, as well as in contexts of "terrorist" actions, particularly suicide bombings.