Alvarez / Bachman Violence

The Enduring Problem
4. Fourth Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5443-5566-5
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 488 Seiten, EPUB

Violence: The Enduring Problem offers an interdisciplinary and reader-friendly exploration of the patterns and correlations of individual and collective violent acts using the most contemporary research, theories, and cases. Responding to the fear of pervasive violence in the world, authors Alex Alvarez and Ronet Bachman address the various legislative, social, and political efforts to curb violent behavior. The authors expertly incorporate a wide range of current cases to help readers interpret the nature and dynamics of a variety of different, yet connected, forms of violence. The Fourth Edition represents a significant step forward in presenting a more complete and contemporary analysis of violence. Included in this edition is a new chapter on hate crime, a new chapter devoted to multicide, and updated discussions on current topical issues, including the #MeToo movement and epigenetics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alvarez, Alexander C.

Bachman, Ronet D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Defining Violence

Connecting Violence

Defining Violence

Measuring Violence

Violence and U.S. Society

Conclusions

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 2. Why Do We Do It?

Ethological and Biological Explanations of Violence

Psychological Explanations of Violence

Sociological Explanations of Violence

Explaining Collective Violence

Conclusions

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 3. Assault and Murder: A Continuum of Violence

Defining Assault and Homicide

Violent Interactions

What Are We Doing About Murder?

Conclusions

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 4. Serial, Mass, and Spree Killing

Serial Murder

Spree Murder

Mass Murder

Conclusions

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 5. Violence in the Home

Intimate Partner Violence

How Many Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Are There?

Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence

What Are We Doing About Intimate Partner Violence?

Violence in Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/ Transgender/Queer (LGBTQ) Relationships

Stalking

What Are We Doing About Stalking?

Child Abuse

What Are We Doing About Physical Child Abuse?

Elder Abuse

What Are We Doing About Elder Abuse?

Conclusions

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 6. Rape and Sexual Assault

How Many Rape and Sexual Assault Victims Are There?

Rape on College Campuses

Rape In Prison

Rape and the U.S. Military

Genocide and Rape

Human Trafficking

Factors Related to Sexual Violence

What Are We Doing About Rape?

Conclusions

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 7. Stranger Crime and Street Violence

Robbery

What Are We Doing About Street Robbery?

Bank Robbery

Workplace Violence

Street Gang Violence

What Are We Doing About Street Gang Violence?

Conclusions

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 8. Hate Crimes

Violent Hate Crimes

James Byrd Jr. and Matthew Shepard: Catalysts for Modern Hate Crime Legislation

What Is a Hate Crime?

How Frequently Are Hate Crimes Carried Out?

Race-Based Hate Crime

Religion-Based Hate Crime

Hate Groups

Immigration and Hate

How Can We Combat Hate Crime?

Conclusions

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 9. Crowd Violence

Mobs and Crowds

Mob Mentality

Riots

Race Riots

Vigilantism

Conclusions

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 10. Terrorism

Defining Terrorism

History of Terrorism

How Frequent Are Terrorist Acts?

Types of Terrorism

Who Becomes a Terrorist?

Tactics and Weapons

What Are We Doing About Terrorism?

Conclusions

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 11. Genocide

Defining Genocide

A History of Genocide

Why Do Genocides Happen?

Precursors to Genocide

Perpetrators of Genocide

Who Are the Victims of Genocide?

When People Do Nothing: The Bystanders to Genocide

What Are We Doing About Genocide?

Conclusions

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Chapter 12. Toward Violence Prevention

Costs of Violence

How Do We Know What Works?

Criminal Justice Responses to Violence

Violence as a Public Health Problem

Conclusions

Key Terms

Discussion Questions

Endnotes

Glossary

Index

About the Authors

Über Autor(innen)

Bachman, Ronet D.

Ronet D. Bachman, PhD, worked as a statistician at the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S.

Department of Justice, before going back to an academic career; she is now a professor in the

Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. She is coauthor

of Statistical Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice and coeditor of Explaining Criminals

and Crime: Essays in Contemporary Criminal Theory. In addition, she is the author of Death and

Violence on the Reservation and coauthor of Stress, Culture, and Aggression; Murder American

Style; and Violence: The Enduring Problem, along with numerous articles and papers that examine

the epidemiology and etiology of violence, with particular emphasis on women, the elderly,

and minority populations as well as research examining desistance from crime. Her most recent

federally funded research was a mixed-methods study that examined the long-term desistance

trajectories of criminal justice involved drug-involved individuals who have been followed with

both quantitative and interview data for nearly thirty years. Her current state-funded research is

assessing the needs of violent crime victims, especially those whose voices are rarely heard such

as loved ones of homicide victims.

 

Alvarez, Alexander C.

Alex Alvarez, PhD, is a professor in the department of criminology and criminal justice at

Northern Arizona University. From 2001 until 2003, he was the founding director of the

Martin-Springer Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, Tolerance, and Humanitarian Values.

In 2017–2018, he served as the Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Holocaust and

Genocide Studies at Stockton University. His first book, Governments, Citizens, and Genocide,

was published by Indiana University Press in 2001. His other books include Murder American

Style (2002), Genocidal Crimes (2009), Native America and the Question of Genocide (2014), and

Unsteady Ground: Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide (2017). He has also served as an editor

for the journal Violence and Victims, was a founding coeditor of the journal Genocide Studies

and Prevention, and is an editor for Genocide Studies International. He has been invited to speak

and present his research across North America and Europe.