VIOLENCE - THE CRISIS OF AMERICAN CONFIDENCE

• NCJ Number: 9401
• Author(s): H D GRAHAM; S P MAHINKA
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 210 pages
• Sale Source: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: HN90.V5G73

Annotation

TWELVE ADDRESSES FROM A SYMPOSIUM ENTITLED ' THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1970S - PERSPECTIVES ON VIOLENCE' EXAMINE THE STRUCTURAL ORIGINS OF SOCIAL CONFLICT.

Abstract

MILTON EISENHOWER ANALYZES GROUP VIOLENCE AND THE DIMENSIONS OF AMERICA'S CONTEMPORARY WAVE OF VIOLENT CRIME. HENRY S. COMMAGER INTERPRETS THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN VIOLENCE. FOUR REPRESENTATIVES OF INSTITUTIONS THAT DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF CRIMINAL VIOLENCE - PRESENT DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN FOR THE COURTS, REP. GERALD FORD FOR THE CONGRESS, HERBERT KLEIN FOR THE PRESIDENCY, AND QUINN TAMM FOR THE POLICE. A BROAD FOCUS ON THE RELATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP VIOLENCE TO AMERICAN SOCIETY AND ESPECIALLY TO POLITICAL LIFE IS PRESENTED. CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS PART ARE DR. JEROME FRANK, JUDGE A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVID BRINKLEY, CHARLES FRANKEL, AND HOWARD ZINN. THE VOLUME CONCLUDES WITH JOHN GARDNER'S CALL FOR A NATIONAL CITIZENS' LOBBY TO REVITALIZE AND RESTRUCTURE AMERICA'S FAILING INSTITUTIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)