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Larry Ray offers a wide-ranging and integrated account of the many manifestations of violence in society. He examines violent behaviour and its meanings in contemporary culture and throughout history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ray, Larry J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2018.
Edition:2nd edition.
Subjects:
Violence > Social aspects.
Violence.
Violence > Psychological aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: what is violence?
  • Theories of violence
  • Origins of violence
  • Elias and the civilizing process
  • Violence and urban space
  • Gender and violence
  • Domestic violence
  • Explaining homicide
  • The politics of 'hate crime'
  • Collective violence
  • Modernity and genocide
  • Violence and the visual.