Perspectives on violence and violent death / edited by Robert G. Stevenson, Gerry R. Cox.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cox, Gerry R.

Stevenson, Robert G.

Series:

Death, value, and meaning series.

Death, value, and meaning series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence.

Violent deaths.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines violence. It looks at the nature and types of violence, the causes of violence, and the emotional wake left by violent episodes. In the twentieth century, the world experienced two world wars and countless other wars. Many millions died violent deaths from murder, death squads, purges, riots, revolutions, ethnic cleansing, rape, robbery, domestic violence, suicide, gang violence, terrorist acts, genocide, and in many other ways. As we entered the twenty-first century, we experienced 9/11, the Red Lake School deaths, suicide bombers, and more mass death brought about by the actions of governments, revolutionaries, terrorists, and still more wars. The need to better understand violence, both lethal and non-lethal, to become aware of the many forms of violence, and to learn how to survive in the aftermath of violent death are the focus of "Perspectives on Violence and Violent Death."

Contents:

""PERSPECTIVES ON VIOLENCE AND VIOLENT DEATH""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""PART I Introduction�The Nature of Violence""; ""Chapter 1 Good Violence/Bad Violence: Its Impact on Children and Suggested Responses""; ""Chapter 2 Violence in the Family: Spirituality/Religion as Culprit and Comfort""; ""Chapter 3 Conflict and Violence in the Workplace: An Existentialist Analysis""; ""Chapter 4 Violence and the Dehumanization of Victims in Auschwitz and Beyond: Remembering Through Literature""

""Chapter 5 Religious Violence and Weapons of Mass Destruction""""PART II Encounters with Violence""; ""Chapter 6 Resisting the Magnet: A Study of South African Children�s Engagements with Neighborhood Violence""; ""Chapter 7 Silent Night, Violent Night: An Encounter With Unexpected Violence""; ""Chapter 8 Hispanic Families and Mass Casualties: The First 48 Hours""; ""Chapter 9 Grief and Guilt in the Military""; ""PART III Empirical Studies""; ""Chapter 10 Characteristics of Homicide: Victimization Across the Life Span""

""Chapter 11 Grief and Attachment Within the Context of Family Violence""""Chapter 12 Bereavement Following Violent Death: An Assault on Life and Meaning""; ""Chapter 13 Violence in Our Own Backyard: September 11th Revisited""; ""PART IV Alternatives to Violence/Coping with Violence""; ""Chapter 14 Making and Breaking Cycles of Violence""; ""Chapter 15 Coping with Violent Death: The Role of Spirituality""; ""Chapter 16 From Violence to Peace: Posthomicide Memorials""; ""Chapter 17 Talk it Out! Walk it Out! Wait it Out! Take Ten: An Intercultural Approach to Creating Safer Schools""

""Appendix A Violence: A Statement of Assumptions and Principles (IWG)""""Appendix B Summary of Guidelines, Protocols, and Procedures""; ""Appendix C Bibliography: Perspectives on Violence""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Select Titles from the Death, Value and Meaning Series""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

First published 2008 by Baywood Pub. Co., Inc.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-319) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-22390-2

1-351-84228-5

0-89503-763-7

9781315223902

OCLC:

988384455