Violence and Childhood in the Inner City

Book Overview

The contributors to this book believe that something can be done to make life in American cities safer, to make growing up in the urban ghettos less risky, and to reduce the violence that so often permeates urban childhoods. They consider why there is so much violence, why some people become violent and others do not, and why violence is more prevalent in some areas. Both biological and psychological characteristics of individuals are considered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521587204
• ISBN13: 9780521587204
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"