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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812335203321

Titolo

The causes and consequences of group violence : from bullies to terrorists / / edited by James Hawdon, John Ryan, and Marc Lucht ; contributors, Jeanne Chang [and fifteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4985-0043-9

0-7391-8897-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

303.6

Soggetti

Violence

Small groups - Psychological aspects

Collective behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Perpetrators of Group Violence; 1 On the Forms and Nature of Group Violence; 2 Hate Groups; 3 Violence and Street Groups; 4 Intergroup Contact and Genocide; 5 Group Violence Against the State; 6 (Non)Violence and Conflict; 7 Killing Before an Audience; II: The Victims of Group Violence; 8 Gender, Weight, and Inequality Associated with School Bullying; 9 Victims of Online Hate Groups; 10 Selecting Targets; III: Consequences of Group Violence; 11 Consequences of Group Violence Involving Youth in Sri Lanka; 12 Gender Dimensions of Group Violence

13 CommunitiesIV: Reflections on Group Violence; 14 Group Violence Revisited; 15 Humanistic Reflections on Understanding Group Violence; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This book offers a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation of violence, ranging from bullying and hate crimes to revolutions, genocide, and terrorism. It offers empirical investigations of these specific types of violence as well as theoretical discussions of the underlying similarities and differences among these forms of



violence.</span></span>