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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957623203321

Titolo

Understanding and preventing violence / / Albert J. Reiss, Jr., and Jeffrey A. Roth, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993

ISBN

1-283-37652-0

0-309-59042-6

9786613376527

0-585-04717-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 464 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

ReissAlbert J., Jr.,  <1922-2006.>

RothJeffrey A. <1945->

Disciplina

303.6

Soggetti

Violence - United States

Violence - United States - Prevention

Violent crimes - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior, Committee on Law and Justice, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Violent human behavior -- pt. 2. Understanding violence -- pt. 3. Harnessing understanding to improve control.

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to understanding and preventing interpersonal violence and its consequences, this volume provides the most complete, up-to-date information available about how much violence occurs in America, how different processes--biological, psychosocial, situational, and social--interact to determine violence levels, what preventive strategies are suggested by our current knowledge of violence, and the most critical research needs in this area.