International perspectives on violence / edited by Leonore Loeb Adler and Florence L. Denmark ; foreword by Melvin Ember.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adler, Leonore Loeb.

Denmark, Florence.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Cross-cultural studies.

Violence.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.

Summary:

Examines the similarities and differences in violence in various countries across the world.

Contents:

1 A Critical Review of Arab Research Studies on Violence/Aggression and Extreme Behavior / Ramadan A. Ahmed 1

2 Violence in Australia / Diane Bretherton 27

3 The Phases of Violence in Brazil / Clary Milnitsky-Sapiro 45

4 Violence in Colombia: Social and Psychological Aspects / Ruben Ardila 59

5 Violence in Great Britain / Ludwig F. Lowenstein 69

6 Violence in Indonesia / Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono 95

7 Northern Ireland Violence: A Possible End / Joseph O'Donoghue 111

8 Violence in Israel / Noach A. Milgram 129

9 Violence in Japan / Seisoh Sukemune 151

10 Peace and Violence: A Comparison of Buddhist Ladakh and the United States / Uwe P. Gielen 161

11 Violence against Women in Africa: Impact of Culture on Womanhood / Wilhelmina J. Kalu 185

12 Domestic Violence against Women and Children in the Philippines: Sociocultural Factors / Elena L. Samonte-Hinckley 209

13 The Roots of Violence in Modern Russia: A Psychocriminological Analysis / Sergei V. Tsytsarev, Yakov Gilinsky 225

14 Manifestations of Violence in South Africa / Andre J. Pelser, Chris P. de Kock 241

15 Violence in the United States of America / June F. Chisholm, Alfred W. Ward 265

16 Violence and American Indians: Culture-Then and Now / John Beatty 285

Epilogue: Global Violence / Kay C. Greene 311.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0275974987

OCLC:

49704872