Social issues / Albert J. Reiss, Jr., and Jeffrey A. Roth, eds.; 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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.)

Contributor:

Miczek, Klaus A.

Reiss, Albert J., Jr., 1922-2006.

Roth, Jeffrey A., 1945-

Series:

Understanding and preventing violence ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--United States--Prevention.

Violence.

Violence--United States.

Violent crimes--United States.

Violent crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 582 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume examines social influences on violent events and violent behavior, particularly concentrating on how the risks of violent criminal offending and victimization are influenced by communities, social situations, and individuals; the role of spouses and intimates; the differences in violence levels between males and females; and the roles of psychoactive substances in violent events.

Contents:

Understanding and Preventing Violence

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Violent Victimization and Offending: Individual-, Situational-, and Community-Level Risk Factors

INTRODUCTION

CRITERIA

INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL RISK FACTORS IN VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION

BIVARIATE FINDINGS

Age

Sex

Race

Marital Status

Socioeconomic Status

MULTIVARIATE FINDINGS

THEORETICAL INTERPRETATIONS

INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL RISK FACTORS IN VIOLENT OFFENDING

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

Age-Sex-Race

SOCIOECONOMIC AND FAMILY FACTORS

Social Class

Family Structure and Process

ADDITIONAL FINDINGS

SUMMARY

SITUATIONAL-LEVEL RISK FACTORS AND VICTIM-OFFENDER RELATIONSHIPS

VICTIM-OFFENDER OVERLAP

VICTIM-OFFENDER RELATIONSHIPS

OTHER SITUATIONAL FACTORS

Alcohol and Drug Use

Presence and Type of Weapon

Victim Resistance

Presence of Third Parties

SITUATIONAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT

COMMUNITY-LEVEL SOURCES OF VIOLENCE

THE SHAW AND MCKAY MODEL

RECENT COMMUNITY-LEVEL STUDIES OF VIOLENCE

Poverty and Deprivation

Mobility and Community Change

Heterogeneity and Racial Composition

Housing and Population Density

Family Structure

Community Social Disorganization

Community Cultures and Ethnography

METROPOLITAN-LEVEL STUDIES

RACIAL DISAGGREGATION

OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURES

PROBLEMS OF INTERPRETATION

FEEDBACK EFFECTS

MEDIATING COMMUNITY PROCESSES

CROSS-LEVEL MISSPECIFICATION

FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

NEEDED RESEARCH

PUBLIC POLICY

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

NOTES

REFERENCES

Violence Between Spouses and Intimates: Physical Aggression Between Women and Men in Intimate Relationships

MARITAL VIOLENCE DEFINED

ORGANIZATION OF THIS PAPER.

EVOLUTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND POLICY ON MARITAL VIOLENCE

CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

HISTORICAL LEGACIES OF PUBLIC POLICY ON MARITAL VIOLENCE

Reform Movements Toward Women and Children From the Puritans Through the Nineteenth Century

EMERGENCE OF MARITAL VIOLENCE AS A POLICY ISSUE

DISAGGREGATION OF RESPONSES TO MARITAL VIOLENCE

Feminist Approaches

Social Control Approaches

Legalistic Approaches

CONTROVERSIES IN DEFINITION, MEASUREMENT, AND EXPLANATION

SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MARITAL VIOLENCE

PARTICIPATION AND FREQUENCY OF MARITAL VIOLENCE

Surveys of Violence in the Home: National and Local Studies

Victimization Surveys

Official Records

HOMICIDES OF SPOUSES AND INTIMATES

Homicide and Ethnicity

Partner Homicides as Situated Events

MARITAL RAPE

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MARITAL VIOLENCE: OFFENDING AND VICTIMIZATION

Methodological Problems in Interpreting Gender Differences and Mutuality

SOCIAL LOCATION OF MARITAL VIOLENCE AND HOMICIDE

Nonlethal Marital Violence

Marital Homicides

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INJURIES

VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Self-Report Studies

CHARACTERISTICS OF PERPETRATORS, VICTIMS, AND COUPLES

Men Who Engage in Marital Violence

Women Victims of Marital Violence

Patterns of Homicide Between Intimates

RISK FACTORS FOR MARITAL VIOLENCE

Risk Factors Shared by Both Partners

Risk Factors for Wife Assaults by Males

Risk Factors for Victimization Among Women

Risk Factors for Assaults in Couple Relationships

Theoretical Implication of Risk Factors

EXPLANATORY FRAMEWORKS

PATRIARCHY, SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND SOCIAL EMBEDMENT

POWER, CONTROL, AND DOMINATION

EARLY CHILDHOOD SOCIALIZATION: WITNESSING AND OBSERVING VIOLENCE

Lessons of a Violent Home

CAREERS IN VIOLENCE.

Victim Selection and Violence Careers

Integrating Theories of Marital and Stranger Violence

NEUTRALIZATION OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR

SOCIAL JUDGMENT THEORY AND COMMISSION OF HOMICIDES BY ABUSED WOMEN

INTEGRATED EXPLANATION OF MARITAL VIOLENCE

Cultural Factors

Personality Factors

Specific Motivation

Summary

CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY

POLICE INTERVENTIONS

Reciprocity Between Formal and Informal Sanctions

PROSECUTION OF MARITAL VIOLENCE

Innovations in Prosecution of Marital Violence

SANCTION AND CONTROL OF WIFE ASSAULTERS: TREATMENT INTERVENTIONS

CONTRIBUTIONS OF RESEARCH ON MARITAL VIOLENCE TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY

Paradigms of Social Science

IMPACTS ON POLICY THROUGH LEGAL PRECEDENT: APPLICATION OF THE SELF-DEFENSE PLEA TO BATTERED WOMEN

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COURTS AND MARITAL VIOLENCE

Paradigms of Social Control

IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY AND RESEARCH

DO WE NEED A SPECIAL THEORY OF MARITAL VIOLENCE?

RESEARCH ON DESISTANCE FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE

SPECIFIC DETERRENCE

VIOLENCE CAREERS

ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND RESEARCH UTILIZATION

TREATMENT RESEARCH

DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS OF WITNESSING MARITAL VIOLENCE

INTERVENTIONS THAT EMPOWER VICTIMS

CONTINUING CONTROVERSY OVER GENDER DIFFERENCES

CONCLUSIONS

WHAT WE STILL NEED TO KNOW

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Gender and Interpersonal Violence

DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS

DATA

PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE

Uniform Crime Reports

National Crime Surveys

Additional Data Sources

RATES AND TRENDS

Gender and Violent Offending: 1960-1988

Trends in Violent Victimizations

Additional Indicators of Trends in Violent Offending by Gender

METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES

Citizen Reports of Violent Crime

Gender and Arrest Probability

Implications of Self-Report Data.

CAUSES AND CORRELATES IN GENDER AND VIOLENCE

EXPLANATIONS FOR GENDER DIFFERENCES IN INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE

Sex Versus Gender: Hormonal Influences or Environmental Factors?

Developmental Studies of Aggression and Violence in Children

Gender Roles, Aggression, and Violence Among Adults

Structural Explanations for Gender Differences in Violence: Variants on Role Theory

Rethinking the Connection Between Gender Roles and Crime

CORRELATES OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE

IMPLICATIONS FOR A THEORY OF GENDER AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE

POLICY

GENDER VARIATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF VIOLENT OFFENDERS BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

Juvenile Court Decisions

Adult Criminal Court Decisions

The Sentenced Violent Offender: Probation, Prison, and Parole

VARIATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF VICTIMS OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE

Sexual Assault Victims

PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

THE CONTEXT OF VIOLENCE

GENDER, RACE, AND VIOLENT OFFENDING

GENDER AND OTHER TYPES OF PATHOLOGY

GENDER AND VICTIMOLOGY

Alcohol, Drugs of Abuse, Aggression, and Violence

ANIMAL MODELS OF AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE

CONCLUDING STATEMENT

ALCOHOL, AGGRESSION, AND VIOLENCE

PHARMACOLOGIC DETERMINANTS

ENDOCRINOLOGIC INFLUENCES

NEUROBIOLOGIC MECHANISMS

GENETICS AND PERSONALITY FACTORS

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS

OPIATES, AGGRESSION, AND VIOLENCE

AMPHETAMINES, AGGRESSION, AND VIOLENCE

BEHAVIORAL DETERMINANTS

COCAINE, AGGRESSION, AND VIOLENCE

HALLUCINOGENS, AGGRESSION, AND VIOLENCE

CANNABIS

Concluding Statement

LSD

PHENCYCLIDINE (PCP)

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786610210916

9781280210914

1280210915

9780309577069

0309577063

9780585026350

0585026351

OCLC:

814277462