Perspectives on Violence and Violent Death

by Robert G. Stevenson, Gerry R Cox, Gerry R. Cox

Book Overview

This book examines violence. It looks at the nature and types of violence, the causes of violence, and the emotional wake left by violent episodes. In the twentieth century, the world experienced two world wars and countless other wars. Many millions died violent deaths from murder, death squads, purges, riots, revolutions, ethnic cleansing, rape, robbery, domestic violence, suicide, gang violence, terrorist acts, genocide, and in many other ways...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895033135
• ISBN13: 9780895033130
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"