NCJ Number
17689
Date Published
1975
Length
254 pages
Annotation
THIS TEXT INVESTIGATES THE CAUSES AND MANIFESTATIONS OF SEVERAL TYPES OF VIOLENCE FOUND IN MODERN SOCIETY, INCLUDING THE URBAN RIOT, MURDER, AND CHILD ABUSE.
Abstract
AN OVERVIEW OF VIOLENT CRIME IN AMERICA AND A DISCUSSION OF VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION IN RELATION TO CULTURE ARE FIRST PROVIDED. THE CAUSES, CULTURAL ASPECTS AND PREVENTION OF WAR ARE THEN DISCUSSED. IN REVIEWING THE PROBLEMS OF CHILD ABUSE, A DRAMATIZATION OF A TYPICAL CHILD ABUSE CASE IS PROVIDED. ISSUES IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, THE CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF RACE RIOTS, THE FORCES WHICH MAY LEAD TO POLITICAL ASSASSINATION AND TERROR, AND AGGRESSION AND SPORTS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING ARE INCLUDED.