AuthorRay, Larry, author
TitleViolence & society / Larry Ray
ImprintLos Angeles, CA : Sage, 2018
Edition 2nd edition
Descript xiii, 300 pages ; 25 cm

SUMMARY

Larry Ray offers a wide-ranging and integrated account of the many manifestations of violence in society. He examines violent behaviour and its meanings in contemporary culture and throughout history


CONTENT

Introduction: what is violence? -- Theories of violence -- Origins of violence -- Elias and the civilizing process -- Violence and urban space -- Gender and violence -- Domestic violence -- Explaining homicide -- The politics of 'hate crime' -- Collective violence -- Modernity and genocide -- Violence and the visual


SUBJECT

  1. Violence -- Social aspects
  2. Violence
  3. Violence -- Psychological aspects

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Political Science Library303.6 R263V 2018 CHECK SHELVES