Preventing Violence

by James Gilligan

Book Overview

Violence is most often addressed in moral and legal terms: How evil is this action, and how much punishment does it deserve? Unfortunately, this way of thinking, the basis for our legal and political institutions, does nothing to shed light on the causes of violence. Violent criminals have been Gilligan's teachers, and he has been their student. Prisons are microcosms of the societies in which they exist, and by examining them in detail, we can learn...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500282781
• ISBN13: 9780500282786
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"