Description
| Product ID: | 9780202362663 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Collective Violence |
| Authors: | Author: James F., Jr. Short, Marvin E. Wolfgang |
| Page Count: | 410 |
| Subjects: | Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology |
| Description: | Collective violence has played an important role throughout American history, though we have typically denied it. This book addresses theory and research on violence as a group phenomenon. It is suitable for courses in sociology, anthropology and political science. Collective violence has played an important role throughout American history, though we have typically denied it. But it is not enough to repress violence or to suppress our knowledge of it. We must understand the phenomenon, and to do this, we must learn what violent groups are trying to say. Th at some choose violence tells us something about the perpetrators, inevitably, about ourselves and the society we have built. |
| Imprint Name: | AldineTransaction |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-02-15 |
