Violence
Reflections on Our Deadliest Epidemic
James Gilligan
Number 18 in the Forensic Focus series
Paperback: £22.99
1999, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp
ISBN: 978-1-85302-842-7, BIC 2: JMK
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Prologue: Violence as Tragedy. Part 1. The Pathology of Violence. 1. Visits to Hell: Entering the World of the Prison. 2. Dead Souls. 3. Violent Action as Symbolic Language: Myth, Ritual, and Tragedy. Part 2. The “Germ Theory” of Violence. 4. How to Think About Violence. 5. Shame: The Emotions and Morality of Violence. Part 3. The Epidemiology of Violence. 6. The Symbolism of Punishment. 7. How to Increase the Rate of Violence – and Why. 8. The Deadliest Form of Violence is Poverty. 9. The Biology of Violence. 10. Culture, Gender, and Violence: “We Are Not Women”. Epilogue: Civilization and its Malcontents. Notes. Acknowledgements. Index.
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