International Perspectives on Violence
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International Perspectives on Violence

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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International Perspectives on Violence

About this book

Adler, Denmark, and their contributors examine the similarities and differences in violence in various countries around the world. Each chapter is written by a scholar who lived or resided in that specific country. The analysis seeks to survey the many varieties and types of violence within each individual country from an insider's point of view of the country. The topic of violence has a long history that has been reported from all over the world. Violence occurs in all cultures and ecologies. It involves people of all ages in innumerable situations in a variety of occasions. Adler, Denmark and their contributors discuss all types of violence in many different countries on five continents. Each chapter is written by a well-recognized scholar who lived in that specific country. The analysis is presented mainly as a survey, dealing with the many varieties and types of violence within each country from an insider's point of view of the country in its specific international and cultural setting. Scholars, students, and other researchers involved with the psychology, anthropology, and sociology of violence as well as political scientists and others involved with policy issues will find this collection must reading.

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Table of contents

  1. Illustrations
  2. Foreword Melvin Ember
  3. Introduction Leonore Loeb Adler and Florence L. Denmark
  4. 1. A Critical Review of Arab Research Studies on Violence/Aggression and Extreme Behavior Ramadan A. Ahmed
  5. 2. Violence in Australia Diane Bretherton
  6. 3. The Phases of Violence in Brazil Clary Milnitsky-Sapiro
  7. 4. Violence in Colombia: Social and Psychological Aspects Ruben Ardila
  8. 5. Violence in Great Britain Ludwig F. Lowenstein
  9. 6. Violence in Indonesia Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono
  10. 7. Northern Ireland Violence: A Possible End Joseph O’Donoghue
  11. 8. Violence in Israel Noach A. Milgram
  12. 9. Violence in Japan Seisoh Sukemune
  13. 10. Peace and Violence: A Comparison of Buddhist Ladakh and the United States Uwe P. Gielen
  14. 11. Violence against Women in Africa: Impact of Culture on Womanhood Wilhelmina J. Kalu
  15. 12. Domestic Violence against Women and Children in the Philippines: Sociocultural Factors Elena L. Samonte-Hinckley
  16. 13. The Roots of Violence in Modern Russia: A Psychocriminological Analysis Sergei V. Tsytsarev and Yakov Gilinsky
  17. 14. Manifestations of Violence in South Africa André J. Pelser and Chris P. de Kock
  18. 15. Violence in the United States of America June F. Chisholm and Alfred W. Ward
  19. 16. Violence and American Indians: Culture—Then and Now John Beatty
  20. Epilogue: Global Violence Kay C. Greene
  21. Index
  22. About the Editors and Contributors