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Understanding and preventing violence / Albert J. Reiss, Jr., and Jeffrey A. Roth, editors.
LIBRA HN90.V5 U53 1993
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence--United States.
- Violence.
- United States.
- Violence--United States--Prevention.
- Violent crimes--United States.
- Violent crimes.
- Violence--prevention & control.
- Crime.
- Dangerous Behavior.
- Medical Subjects:
- Violence.
- United States.
- Violence--prevention & control.
- Crime.
- Dangerous Behavior.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 464 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.
- Summary:
- This volume analyzes public perceptions and reactions to violence; estimates of the costs; the commonalities and complementarities of criminal justice and public health responses; efforts to reduce violence through the prediction and classification of violent offenders; and the relationships between trends in violence and prison population during a period of greatly increased use of incarceration.
- Notes:
- "Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior, Committee on Law and Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0309045940
- OCLC:
- 26632408
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