Violence: The Enduring Problem

About the Book

Violence: The Enduring Problem offers an interdisciplinary and reader-friendly exploration of the patterns and correlations of individual and collective violent acts using the most contemporary research, theories, and cases. The latest Fifth Edition offers students a broader perspective, covering more collective violence activities such as terrorism, mob violence, and genocide.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Defining Violence Connecting Violence Defining Violence Measuring Violence Violence and U.S. Society Chapter 2: Why Do We Do It? Ethological and Biological Explanations of Violence Psychological Explanations of Violence Sociological Explanations of Violence Explaining Collective Violence Chapter 3: Assault and Murder: A Continuum of Violence Defining Assault and Homicide Violent Interactions What Are We Doing About Murder? Chapter 4: Serial, Mass, and Spree Killing Serial Murder Spree Murder Mass Murder Chapter 5: Violence in the Home Intimate Partner Violence How Many Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Are There? Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence Violence in Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/ Transgender/Queer (LGBTQ+) Relationships What Are We Doing About Intimate Partner Violence? Stalking What Are We Doing About Stalking? Child Abuse What Are We Doing About Physical Child Abuse? Elder Abuse What Are We Doing About Elder Abuse? Chapter 6: Rape and Sexual Assault How Many Rape and Sexual Assault Victims Are There? Rape on College Campuses Rape in Prison Rape and the U.S. Military Genocide and Rape Human Trafficking Factors Related to Sexual Violence What Are We Doing About Rape? Chapter 7: Stranger Crime and Street Violence Robbery What Are We Doing About Street Robbery? Bank Robbery Workplace Violence Street Gang Violence What Are We Doing About Street Gang Violence? Chapter 8: Hate Crimes Violent Hate Crimes James Byrd Jr. and Matthew Shepard: Catalysts for Modern Hate Crime Legislation What Is a Hate Crime? How Frequently Are Hate Crimes Carried Out? Race-Based Hate Crime Religion-Based Hate Crime Hate Groups How Can We Combat Hate Crime? Chapter 9: Crowd Violence Mobs and Crowds Mob Mentality Riots Race Riots Vigilantism Chapter 10: Terrorism Defining Terrorism How Frequent Are Terrorist Acts? Types of Terrorism Who Becomes a Terrorist? Tactics and Weapons What Are We Doing About Terrorism? Chapter 11: Genocide Defining Genocide A History of Genocide Why Do Genocides Happen? Precursors to Genocide Perpetrators of Genocide Who Are the Victims of Genocide? When People Do Nothing: The Bystanders to Genocide What Are We Doing About Genocide? Chapter 12: Towards Violence Prevention Costs of Violence How Do We Know What Works? Criminal Justice Responses to Violence Violence as a Public Health Problem With a Community Response

About the Author :
Alex Alvarez, PhD, is a professor in the department of criminology and criminal justice at Northern Arizona University. From 2001 until 2003, he was the founding director of the Martin-Springer Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, Tolerance, and Humanitarian Values. In 2017–2018, he served as the Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University. His first book, Governments, Citizens, and Genocide, was published by Indiana University Press in 2001. His other books include Murder American Style (2002), Genocidal Crimes (2009), Native America and the Question of Genocide (2014), and Unsteady Ground: Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide (2017). He has also served as an editor for the journal Violence and Victims, was a founding coeditor of the journal Genocide Studies and Prevention, and is an editor for Genocide Studies International. He has been invited to speak and present his research across North America and Europe. Ronet D. Bachman, PhD, worked as a statistician at the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, before going back to an academic career; she is now a professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. She is coauthor of Statistical Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice and coeditor of Explaining Criminals and Crime: Essays in Contemporary Criminal Theory. In addition, she is the author of Death and Violence on the Reservation and coauthor of Stress, Culture, and Aggression; Murder American Style; and Violence: The Enduring Problem, along with numerous articles and papers that examine the epidemiology and etiology of violence, with particular emphasis on women, the elderly, and minority populations as well as research examining desistance from crime. Her most recent federally funded research was a mixed-methods study that examined the long-term desistance trajectories of criminal justice involved drug-involved individuals who have been followed with both quantitative and interview data for nearly thirty years. Her current state-funded research is assessing the needs of violent crime victims, especially those whose voices are rarely heard such as loved ones of homicide victims.