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Violence and Society A Reader

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ISBN-10: 0130967734

ISBN-13: 9780130967732

Edition: 2003

Authors: Matthew Silberman

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Focusing exclusively on the explanation of violence, this anthology examines why violent conduct occurswhether or not it is defined as a crime. It reflects a distinctive perspective on the social construction of violence as normative conduct, deeply rooted in the cultural traditions of society, and supported by specific legal traditions that are difficult to change. The book also explores the structural origins of social violence, such as the role patriarchal social institutions play in explaining gender violence. A six-part organization contains articles by well-known scholars on the social construction of anger, social inequality and the production of violence, culture: violence and…    
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Book details

List price: $135.20
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 10/29/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

The Social Construction of Anger
Uncivil Rites-The Cultural Rules of Anger
A New Approach to Anger Control: 1860-1940, The American Ambivalence
Hitler's Appeal: Alienation
Social Inequality and the Production of Violence
Murder in America: 1865-1917
Understanding Crime: Inequality and Community
The Sexual Politics of Murder
Culture: Violence and Values
Righteous Slaughter
Homicide as Custom and Crime<c>Henry P</c><f>Henry, P</f>
Crime as Social Control
Honor and Violence in the Old South
Family Violence
The Marriage License as a Hitting
Spare the Rod?
Reasonableness and the Battered Woman
Criminal Approaches to Family Violence, 1640-1980
Formal and Informal Deterrents to Domestic Violence: The Dade County Spouse Assault Experiment
Anatomy of a Wife-Killing
Sexual Violence
Sexual Assault
Motives for Sexual Coercion
Date Rapists: Differential Sexual Socialization and Relative Deprivation, Eugene J. Kanin
Fraternities and Rape on Campus
Power, Sex, and Violence: The Case of Marital Rape
Rape Law Reform and Instrumental Change in Six Urban Jurisdictions
Sexual Harassment
The Social Origin of Sexual Harassment
The Legal Regulation of Sexual Harassment: From Tort to Sex Discrimination, Catharine A. MacKinnon
Sexual Harassment-Adult Workplace
Criminal Violence
Cultural Development of Monsters, Demons, and Evil
The Hillside Strangler
Shame, Anger and the Social Bond: A Theory of Sexual Offenders and Treatment
The American Bandit