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]

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6
• Soggetto topico: Violence; Small groups - Psychological aspects; Collective behavior
• Persona (resp. second.): HawdonJames; ChangJeanne
• 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>
• Titolo autorizzato: The causes and consequences of group violence
• ISBN: 1-4985-0043-9; 0-7391-8897-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812335203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II