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Understanding and preventing violence / Albert J. Reiss, Jr., and Jeffrey A. Roth, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence--United States.
- Violence.
- Violence--United States--Prevention.
- Violent crimes--United States.
- Violent crimes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 464 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993 (1998 printing)
- Summary:
- Offering a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to understanding and preventing interpersonal violence and its consequences, this volume provides the most complete, up-to-date information available about how much violence occurs in America, how different processes--biological, psychosocial, situational, and social--interact to determine violence levels, what preventive strategies are suggested by our current knowledge of violence, and the most critical research needs in this area.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Violent human behavior
- pt. 2. Understanding violence
- pt. 3. Harnessing understanding to improve control.
- 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:
- 1-283-37652-0
- 0-309-59042-6
- 9786613376527
- 0-585-04717-0
- OCLC:
- 923283906
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