Violence in Society Books


Getting Even: Revenge As a Form of JusticeGetting Even: Revenge As a Form of Justice
Best Price: $7.95
I certainly agree that Getting Even was an interesting look at revenge and it moral...
Flesh and Blood: Adolescent Gender Diversity and ViolenceFlesh and Blood: Adolescent Gender Diversity and Violence
Best Price: $8.98
This book provides a unique conceptualization of: 1) embodiment as a lived aspect of gender, 2)...
Violence in God's Name: Religion in an Age of ConflictViolence in God's Name: Religion in an Age of Conflict
Best Price: $7.59
Surprised at academia's reductionist understanding of the link between religion and violence,...
Hate Crimes: Confronting Violence Against Lesbians and Gay MenHate Crimes: Confronting Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men
Best Price: $47.22
I am a grad student in psychology doing a thesis on gay/lesbian hate crimes. This volume is...
Confronting Gangs: Crime and CommunityConfronting Gangs: Crime and Community
Best Price: $39.89
The Second Edition of Curry and Decker's Confronting Gangs: Crime and Community integrates new...


The Newhall Incident:  America's Worst Uniformed Cop MassacreThe Newhall Incident: America's Worst Uniformed Cop Massacre
Best Price: $11.20
I was looking for a factual acount of the Newhall Incident. The author's attempt at clairvoyance...
LustmordLustmord
Best Price: $37.95
This is a fascinating book that deals with sex and violence during the Weimar republic in...
Retelling Violent DeathRetelling Violent Death
Best Price: $19.97
As a professional psychotherapist, I found this book to be a goldmine of information for my...
Public School Safety: A Handbook with a Resource GuidePublic School Safety: A Handbook with a Resource Guide
Best Price: $39.95
Violence among youth in public schools is one of America's most pressing concerns. Once thought...
Retelling Violent DeathRetelling Violent Death
Best Price: $19.97
As a professional psychotherapist, I found this book to be a goldmine of information for my...


Public School Safety: A Handbook with a Resource GuidePublic School Safety: A Handbook with a Resource Guide
Best Price: $39.95
Violence among youth in public schools is one of America's most pressing concerns. Once thought...
Family Abuse and the Bible: The Scriptural Perspective (Haworth Religion and Mental Health.) (Haworth Religion and Mental Health.)Family Abuse and the Bible: The Scriptural Perspective (Haworth Religion and Mental Health.) (Haworth Religion and Mental Health.)
Best Price: $24.95
Learn the fundamental distinctions with this thoughtful study of Christ-ordained marriage! This...
The Public Assault on America's Children: Poverty, Violence, and Juvenile Injustice (Teaching for Social Justice, 5)The Public Assault on America's Children: Poverty, Violence, and Juvenile Injustice (Teaching for Social Justice, 5)
Best Price: $16.95
A Not-So-Distant Horror: Mass Violence In East TimorA Not-So-Distant Horror: Mass Violence In East Timor
Best Price: $13.86
This is a great book. It tells an important story, and powerfully combines facts and analysis....
The Youth Gang Problem: A Community ApproachThe Youth Gang Problem: A Community Approach
Best Price: $6.59
I saw this in action in the 80's when CYGS developed the original and best model. This looks...

Failure to Hold: The Politics of School ViolenceFailure to Hold: The Politics of School Violence
Best Price: $19.48
Interesting, smart, and deep book. Dr. Webber does an extraordinary job explaining how school...
The Epidemic of Rape and Child Sexual Abuse in the United StatesThe Epidemic of Rape and Child Sexual Abuse in the United States
Best Price: $38.00
“The authors clearly document the nee for special techniques when interviewing about...
The Handbook of Community Safety, Gender and Violence Prevention: Practical Planning ToolsThe Handbook of Community Safety, Gender and Violence Prevention: Practical Planning Tools
Best Price: $36.66
Violence and insecurity are among the most important issues facing communities in the 21st...
Beyond the Myth of Dominance: An Alternative to a Violent SocietyBeyond the Myth of Dominance: An Alternative to a Violent Society
Best Price: $39.34
so many of us in the West have become estranged from Christianity, for all kinds of good...
Becoming A Mediator: Your Guide To Career OpportunitiesBecoming A Mediator: Your Guide To Career Opportunities
Best Price: $500.00
Mediation is a becoming a popular way to resolve?legal disputes -- and the need for qualified...

Violence Against Women (Current Controversies)Violence Against Women (Current Controversies)
Best Price: $25.95
Dangerous Brown Men: Exploiting Sex, Violence and Feminism in the 'War on the Terror'Dangerous Brown Men: Exploiting Sex, Violence and Feminism in the 'War on the Terror'
Best Price: $18.27
In this book, Gargi Bhattacharyya examines the way in which western imperial violence associates...
Screening Violence (Depth of Film Series)Screening Violence (Depth of Film Series)
Best Price: $4.31
Religion, Terror and Violence: Religious Studies PerspectivesReligion, Terror and Violence: Religious Studies Perspectives
Best Price: $31.39
Violence and American Cinema (Afi Film Readers)Violence and American Cinema (Afi Film Readers)
Best Price: $21.99
American cinema has always been violent, and never more so than now: exploding heads, buses that...

Nightclub: Bouncers, Risk, and the Spectacle of ConsumptionNightclub: Bouncers, Risk, and the Spectacle of Consumption
Best Price: $23.92
Firearms and Violence: A Critical ReviewFirearms and Violence: A Critical Review
Best Price: $47.95
For years proposals for gun control and the ownership of firearms have been among the most...
Violence Among Us: Ministry to Families in CrisisViolence Among Us: Ministry to Families in Crisis
Best Price: $8.09
WOW...I have been in a DV situation and READ so much. This book by FAR! Was the most helpful. ...
Screening Violence (Depth of Film Series)Screening Violence (Depth of Film Series)
Best Price: $4.31
Religion, Terror and Violence: Religious Studies PerspectivesReligion, Terror and Violence: Religious Studies Perspectives
Best Price: $31.39

Violence and American Cinema (Afi Film Readers)Violence and American Cinema (Afi Film Readers)
Best Price: $21.99
American cinema has always been violent, and never more so than now: exploding heads, buses that...
Nightclub: Bouncers, Risk, and the Spectacle of ConsumptionNightclub: Bouncers, Risk, and the Spectacle of Consumption
Best Price: $23.92
Firearms and Violence: A Critical ReviewFirearms and Violence: A Critical Review
Best Price: $47.95
For years proposals for gun control and the ownership of firearms have been among the most...
Violence Among Us: Ministry to Families in CrisisViolence Among Us: Ministry to Families in Crisis
Best Price: $8.09
WOW...I have been in a DV situation and READ so much. This book by FAR! Was the most helpful. ...
Rape Work: Victims, Gender, and Emotions in Organization and Community Context (Perspectives on Gender)Rape Work: Victims, Gender, and Emotions in Organization and Community Context (Perspectives on Gender)
Best Price: $35.95
Despite the proliferation of rape crisis centers and other improvements in the treatment of rape...

Clinical Intervention With FamiliesClinical Intervention With Families
Best Price: $37.50
This book and this class challenge me and make me think. The book is very well written and...
Violence (School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series)Violence (School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series)
Best Price: $29.95
Can we understand violence not as evidence of cultural rupture but as a form of cultural...
The Men's Program: A Peer Education Guide to Rape Prevention, Third EditionThe Men's Program: A Peer Education Guide to Rape Prevention, Third Edition
Best Price: $25.00
Dr. John Foubert's work in the field of Rape and Sexual Assault prevention has changed countless...
Demonic MalesDemonic Males
Best Price: $15.99
This is by far the best book I have read about the behavior of primates, including humans, with...
Understanding Sexual Violence: A Study of Convicted Rapists (Perspectives on Gender)Understanding Sexual Violence: A Study of Convicted Rapists (Perspectives on Gender)
Best Price: $36.13
This is an excellent book which takes an in depth look at convicted rapists in an attempt to...

Violent Emotions: Shame and Rage in Marital QuarrelsViolent Emotions: Shame and Rage in Marital Quarrels
Best Price: $36.56
An extraordinary book. The author videotaped quarrels by four couples. She then analyzed, second...
Ending Violence Against Women: From Words to Action: Study of the Secretary-GeneralEnding Violence Against Women: From Words to Action: Study of the Secretary-General
Best Price: $33.24
Aftershock: Confronting Trauma in a Violent World, a Guide for Activists and Their Allies (Flashpoint)Aftershock: Confronting Trauma in a Violent World, a Guide for Activists and Their Allies (Flashpoint)
Best Price: $8.96
AFTERSHOCK: CONFRONTING TRAUMA IN A VIOLENT WORLD -> A GUIDE FOR ACTIVISTS AND THEIR ALLIES...
Poetry and Violence: The Ballad Tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica (Music in American Life)Poetry and Violence: The Ballad Tradition of Mexico's Costa Chica (Music in American Life)
Best Price: $19.97
John H. McDowell provides an in-depth study of the Mexican ballad form known as the corrido, a...
Social Violence in the Prehispanic American SouthwestSocial Violence in the Prehispanic American Southwest
Best Price: $43.10
Spontaneous acts of violence born of human emotions like anger or greed are probably universal,...

Hope's Boy: A MemoirHope's Boy: A Memoir
Best Price: $14.44
A wonderfully written book. I could hardly put it down. I enjoyed the book from the beginning...
Terror in the Holy Land: Inside the Anguish of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Contemporary Psychology)Terror in the Holy Land: Inside the Anguish of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Contemporary Psychology)
Best Price: $14.45
TERROR IN THE HOLY LAND: INSIDE THE ANGUISH OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT offers up new...
Gangs to JobsGangs to Jobs
Best Price: $11.72
I read this book and was so impressed with it that I started a similar(much smaller scale)...
Bridging Troubled Waters : Conflict Resolution From the HeartBridging Troubled Waters : Conflict Resolution From the Heart
Best Price: $25.00
Bridging Troubled Waters is about a robust and holistic approach to resolving conflict. It...
The Deadly Embrace: Religion, Politics, and Violence in the Indian Subcontinent, 1947-2002 (The Subcontinent Divided: a New Beginning)The Deadly Embrace: Religion, Politics, and Violence in the Indian Subcontinent, 1947-2002 (The Subcontinent Divided: a New Beginning)
Best Price: $24.90
The connection between religion, politics and violence is a controversial and pressing concern...

Intimate Violence: Contemporary Treatment InnovationsIntimate Violence: Contemporary Treatment Innovations
Best Price: $34.66
Chicano Rap: Gender and Violence in the Postindustrial BarrioChicano Rap: Gender and Violence in the Postindustrial Barrio
Best Price: $19.95
Powered by a driving beat, clever lyrics, and assertive attitudes, rap music and hip hop culture...
Genocide, Collective Violence, and Popular Memory: The Politics of Remembrance in the Twentieth Century (World Beat Series, No. 1)Genocide, Collective Violence, and Popular Memory: The Politics of Remembrance in the Twentieth Century (World Beat Series, No. 1)
Best Price: $3.99
The twentieth century has been scarred by political violence and genocide, reaching its extreme...
Reality, Truth and Evil: Facts, Questions, And Perspectives on September 11, 2001Reality, Truth and Evil: Facts, Questions, And Perspectives on September 11, 2001
Best Price: $8.98
Using the events of 9/11 and Pearl Harbor as his backdrop, Meyer studies the issues of reality,...
Politics and Poetics of Migration: Narratives of Iranian Women from the DiasporaPolitics and Poetics of Migration: Narratives of Iranian Women from the Diaspora
Best Price: $32.30
This book uses gendered stories of displacement and re-settlement to interrogate our...

The Tokens of Esteem: An Essay in Ritual InhumanityThe Tokens of Esteem: An Essay in Ritual Inhumanity
Best Price: $11.22
This is an excellent review of some of the primitive cultures described in the anthropological...
Violence, Conflict, and World Order: Critical Conversations on State Sanctioned JusticeViolence, Conflict, and World Order: Critical Conversations on State Sanctioned Justice
Best Price: $25.56
Violence, Conflict, and World Order: Critical Conversations on State-Sanctioned Justice examines...
Constructive Conflicts: From Escalation to Resolution (2nd Edition)Constructive Conflicts: From Escalation to Resolution (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $80.20
Highly regarded by instructors as the most comprehensive and insightful textbook on conflict...
  
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