Violence in Society

Critiquing the valorization of democracy as a means of containing violence and stabilizing political contestation, this book draws links between th...

In Everyday Violence against Black and Latinx LGBT Communities, Siobhan Brooks argues that hate crimes and violence against Black and Latinx LGBT p...

This book examines social patterns in 2,000 mass shootings in the United States between 2013 through 2020. While mass shootings are often described...

Mediation Theory and Practice, Third Edition introduces students to the process of mediation by using practical examples that show students how to ...

[Gangs in Americas Communities] is one of the most comprehensive treatments of gangs in the marketplace. . .  . I highly recommend its adoption as ...

Your struggling teenager is going to a residential or wilderness treatment program. Their addictions, learning disabilities, or emotional/behaviora...

First published in 1967, Ernest Coles House of Bondage has been lauded as one of the most significant photobooks of the twentieth century, revealin...

Originally published in 1929, this volume discusses the early effects of the industrial revolution the condition of the cotton spinners, the hards...

Originally published in 1929, this volume discusses the early effects of the industrial revolution the condition of the cotton spinners, the hards...

Wall Street Journal BestsellerA useful, forcefully written, and wide-ranging study of inequitiesand how to fix them. Kirkus ReviewsWhat if we could...

Explores the significance of postwar German representations of violence in other places and times. Germany's twentieth-century history has made i...

Examines ideas of violence in German culture after 9/11 through the lens of violence elsewhere - exploring works and discourses about violence in d...

Mertons classic Faith and Violence makes a powerful case for a theology of resistance that speaks with enduring urgency. Violence in the modern wor...

The Future of Youth Violence Prevention: A Mixtape for Practice, Policy, and Research focuses on innovative approaches to youth violence prevention...

The Future of Youth Violence Prevention: A Mixtape for Practice, Policy, and Research focuses on innovative approaches to youth violence prevention...

In the last 25 years, a major shift has occurred in the field of violence prevention, from the assumption that violence is inevitable to the realiz...