Violence in Society Books


No Duty to Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society Best Price: $15.00 In 1865, Wild Bill Hickok killed Dave Tutt in a Missouri public square in the West's first...	Challenging the Mandate of Heaven: Social Protest and State Power in China (Asia and the Pacific) Best Price: $26.09	Waorani: The Contexts of Violence and War Best Price: $41.99 This book is an absolute "must read" for anyone interested in human violence. The...	Consistently Opposing Killing: From Abortion to Assisted Suicide, the Death Penalty, and War Best Price: $39.95 This is a unique and wonderful book. Dedicated people are working selflessly to stop killing...	Engaging Communication in Conflict: Systemic Practice Best Price: $47.83 Written from the authors’ experience in conflict intervention in their private...



Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs Best Price: $22.24 I thought this was an excellent book, very thought-provoking. It was a look into a very strange...	Looking for a Few Good Moms: How One Mother Rallied a Million Others Against the Gun Lobby Best Price: $0.01 is daunting. Reading this book took me through a roller coaster of emotions- from laughing, to...	Dictionary of Genocide [Two Volumes] Best Price: $84.97 Over 600 terms identify and explain the history and suffering of ethnic and religious groups...	At War With Words (Language, Power, and Social Process, 10) Best Price: $50.00 In a new era of global conflict involving non-state actors, At War with Words offers a...	Understanding and Preventing Campus Violence Best Price: $34.95 The recent shootings at Virginia Tech brought issues surrounding campus violence to the...



Worship and Sin: An Exploration of Religion-Related Crime in the United States Best Price: $34.95 Worship and Sin: Religion-Related Crime in the United States raises provocative questions about...	Children and Animals: Exploring the Roots of Kindness Best Price: $13.61 This remarkable book approaches the topic of animal cruelty and interpersonal violence in a way...	Unsettling Accounts: Neither Truth nor Reconciliation in Confessions of State Violence (The Cultures and Practice of Violence) Best Price: $21.58 An Argentine navel officer remorsefully admits that he killed thirty people during...	The Metastases of Enjoyment: On Women and Causality (Radical Thinkers) Best Price: $10.19 Zizek writes in the tradition of Adorno, because he takes the Continental philosophical...	Why Kids Kill: Insidethe Minds of School Shooters Best Price: $16.47 Ten years after the school massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, school shootings are a...

Violence and Nonviolence: Pathways to Understanding Best Price: $48.95 "Gregg Barak’s Violence and Nonviolence is a thoughtful, comprehensive...	Citizens of Fear: Urban Violence in Latin America Best Price: $7.83	Handbook of Antisocial Behavior Best Price: $219.35 Handbook of Antisocial Behavior Each year tens of thousands of families are torn apart,...	Famous Crimes Revisited: From Sacco-Vanzetti to O.J. Simpson Best Price: $1.99 This the the first forensic book I got. Things have advanced since then. But it is good reading.	Taking Wrongs Seriously: Apologies and Reconciliation (Cultural Sitings) Best Price: $21.31 Since the end of the Cold War, and particularly during the last fifteen years, the human need to...

Taking Wrongs Seriously: Apologies and Reconciliation (Cultural Sitings) Best Price: $21.31 Since the end of the Cold War, and particularly during the last fifteen years, the human need to...	The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism Best Price: $1.99 I would divide the book into two acts. The first half of the book is the philosophic...	Violence and Subjectivity Best Price: $21.68 Blindness, the inability or refusal to see why we commit violence and to see the effects of...	Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo Best Price: $24.00 It seems that most books about the Aum Shinrikyou concentrate on the gas attacks of March 20,...	Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang Best Price: $4.78 I read "Inside the Crips" when it was released and am ordering another copy because I...

The Colors of Violence: Cultural Identities, Religion, and Conflict Best Price: $4.00 Mr. Kakar obviouslly does not belong to Hyderabad. If he had, he would never have written what...	Real Rape, Real Pain: Help for women sexually assaulted by male partners Best Price: $26.95 Real Rape...Real Pain...busts the myth wide open...that in fact women that are involved with an...	Shadowed Ground: America's Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy Best Price: $8.06 I read this book a couple of years and found it amazing! It's heartbreaking, bloodchilling, and...	Combat Sports in the Ancient World: Competition, Violence, and Culture (Sports and History Series) Best Price: $17.85 Well to start off im 18 and HATE READING (as does everyone in my generation) and from the way...	Revolution: International Dimensions Best Price: $32.11 Although the causes of revolution are often internal, the occurrence of revolution has serious...

Revolution: International Dimensions Best Price: $32.11 Although the causes of revolution are often internal, the occurrence of revolution has serious...	Analysts in the Trenches: Streets, Schools, War Zones Best Price: $36.00 The horrific events of 9/11 and its sequelae have reinforced what thoughtful analysts have long...	Stop Child Molestation Book Best Price: $15.04 "Many years ago, two groups of scientists educated in entirely different theoretical...	Surviving Aggressive People: Practical Violence Prevention Skills for the Workplace and the Street (The Culture Tools Series) Best Price: $6.87 Much has been written about violence very little of which is useful for the average person at...	Memory And Violence in the Middle East And North Africa Best Price: $19.00 This book gives the astute reader rare insight into the current strength and weakness of modern...

Hidden War: Crime and the Tragedy of Public Housing in Chicago Best Price: $21.55 This research documentation chonicles the development, history, and failure of mass public...	Violence against Women: The Bloody Footprints (A Gender & Society Reader) Best Price: $27.33 Published in cooperation with Sociologists for Women in Society Recipient of the Gustavus Myers...	Dealing with Conflict and Confrontation: How to Keep Your Cool, Stand Your Ground and Reach a Positive Resolution Best Price: $8.75 This book deals with difficult situations at workplace and home: people who manipulate and play...	Gender, Violence and Security: Discourse as Practice Best Price: $22.51 In this highly original poststructural feminist critique, the author maps the discursive...	Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation and Subaltern Resistance in World History (War and Genocide) (War and Genocide) (War and Genocide) (War and Genocide) Best Price: $88.16 In 1944, Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocide to describe a foreign occupation that destroyed...

The 11 Myths of Media Violence Best Price: $33.00 The first half of the book is excellent. I was prepared to give it a full 5 stars as a...	A God Called Father: One Woman's Recovery from Incest and Multiple Personality Disorder Best Price: $10.94 Dear Karen, as the author of the book A God Called Father, I appreciate your open and honest...	The Struggle for Recognition: The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) Best Price: $20.01 Although you'd hardly know it by looking at recent sales, Axel Honneth is one of the world's...	North American Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence Best Price: $41.71 Despite evidence of warfare and violent conflict in pre-Columbian North America, some...	Genocide, War Crimes and the West: History and Complicity Best Price: $26.25 Adam Jones' collection of contributions on the topic of Western complicity and commission of...

Armed Groups: Studies in National Security, Counterterrorism, and Counterinsurgency: Studies in National Security, Counterterrorism, and Counterinsurgency Product Description : Discussion of armed groups which are considered to include...	Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society, 10) Best Price: $28.39 Superb description of the riots in Asia with obvious applications to the rest of the world. The...	Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector, Volume 2 Best Price: $29.99 This book is full of useful information. It is written in an accessible style - A must for any...	Before Sunday: The Life Stories of the Bloody Sunday Victims Best Price: $10.28 A few thoughts of "Before Sunday, The Life Stories of the Bloody Sunday Victims" by...	Marriage and Violence: The Early Modern Legacy Best Price: $38.00 Why does marriage lead to divorce? Why does life lead to death? Why does living lead to...

Gender, Conflict, and Peacekeeping (War and Peace Library) Best Price: $14.31 Peacekeeping has become a major international undertaking throughout the world, from Africa to...	Sanctioned Violence in Early China (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) Best Price: $27.70 This book is used as a reference in many books about ancient China by prominent authors. There...	Surviving a Stalker: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Yourself Safe Best Price: $7.21 This book has a lot of useful information, and is good to have even when you're not being...	Framing the Victim: Domestic Violence Media and Social Problems (Social Problems and Social Issues) Best Price: $19.95	More Than Victims: Battered Women, the Syndrome Society, and the Law (Morality and Society Series) Best Price: $15.40 In More Than Victims , Donald Downs offers a sympathetic and powerful analysis of the problems...

Violence Between Intimate Partners: Patterns, Causes, and Effects Best Price: $46.89 Focusing on violence and abuse along the full spectrum of intimate relationships. Covers...	Sacred Violence: Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty (Law, Meaning, and Violence) Best Price: $6.50	Researching Conflict in Africa: Insights And Experiences Best Price: $25.27 Parts of Africa experience persistent violence and seemingly intractable conflicts. These...	Failing Peace: Gaza and athe Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Best Price: $25.74 Sara Roy provides an irrefutable dissection of why the Oslo "peace" process failed and...	Abused Women and Survivor Therapy : A Practical Guide for the Psychotherapist Best Price: $19.77 Current societal beliefs and the impact on victims of sexual abuse is something any...

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