Violence and abuse in society

Stories have persuasive powers: they can influence how a person thinks and acts.

Violence in schools has more potential to involve large numbers of students, produce injuries, disrupt instructional time, and cause property damage than any other form of youth violence.

Reproductive Justiceis a first-of-its-kind primer that provides a comprehensive yet succinct description of the field.

More than one in three women in the United States has experienced rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.

[A]n anthropologists urgent, vividly drawn inquiry into the havoc wreaked on human life by Americas immigration policy.

Friedman and a distinguished group of contributors offer a compelling analysis of globalization and the lethal explosiveness that characterizes the current world order.

Drawing on revealing, in-depth interviews, Cecilia Menjivar investigates the role that violence plays in the lives of Ladina women in eastern Guatemala, a little-visited and little-studied region.

Brazil's innovative all-female police stations, installed as part of the return to civilian rule in the 1980s, mark the country's first effort to police domestic violence against women.

In this powerful, compassionate work, one of anthropology's most distinguished ethnographers weaves together rich fieldwork with a compelling critical analysis in a book that will surely make a signal contribution to contemporary thinking about violence and how it affects everyday life.

Theories of Civil Violence provides both a new look at the origins of civil upheaval and a critical examination of society theory itself.

Investigation of the causes of twentieth-century mass violence worldwide beyond terms such as ''genocide'' and ''ethnic cleansing''.

This book highlights bullying as a complex, multi-caused behaviour which can occur in a variety of contexts, social settings and relationships.

This book highlights bullying as a complex, multi-caused behaviour which can occur in a variety of contexts, social settings and relationships.

Investigation of the causes of twentieth-century mass violence worldwide beyond terms such as ''genocide'' and ''ethnic cleansing''.

This collection aims to fill in the deep gaps of vital contributions that have been erased from the sexuality field, illuminating the historical and current work, strategies, solutions, and thoughts from sexologists that have been excluded until now.

The only textbook to provide a wide-ranging analysis of war and organised violence from a sociological perspective.

Presents an innovative approach to research and practice with young people growing up in the context of political violence.

Collaborative volume examining how wars have been remembered in Europe, America and the Middle East.

Hamilton proposes the elimination of the arbitrary barrier that has kept survivors of childhood sexual abuse out of court – the statutes of limitation.

Business, Integrity, and Peace, first published in 2007, offers an integrative framework for transforming businesses into instruments of peace.

The only textbook to provide a wide-ranging analysis of war and organised violence from a sociological perspective.

This book brings together essays by experts to illustrate the nature of negative creativity.

Presents an innovative approach to research and practice with young people growing up in the context of political violence.

This book calls into question the legitimacy of state uses of violence and mounts a sustained effort at interpretation, sense making, and critique.

This book calls into question the legitimacy of state uses of violence and mounts a sustained effort at interpretation, sense making, and critique.

When thirty-five-year-old Carol Richmond decides to end her seventeen-year marriage, she has no idea what's in store.

This book integrates the problem of violence into a larger framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked.

Cet ouvrage examine sous des angles multiples l’influence croissante de l’intelligence artificielle (IA) sur la culture et les médias, explorant à la fois les possibilités et les risques associés à cette technologie.

A powerful analysis of how anthropology can help us to understand other people''s politics, first published in 2007.

A multidisciplinary examination of the most current research in the complex issue of violence and violent behavior.

A rigorous examination of the variables in aggressive adolescent behavior both longitudinally and sectionally.

This volume in Biblical Theology for Life series dives deeply into the topic of human violence.

This book explains the relationship between Hindu-Muslim riots and elections in India.

An account of the origins of violence, its consequences, its uses, and the relationship between violence and democracy.

Order and Anarchy re-examines the role of violence in human social evolution.

Leading contributors examine how territorial attachments are constructed and why they have remained so powerful.

An examination of the treatment of serious violence by men against women in nineteenth-century England.

Renowned scholars shed light on our understanding of contemporary arrangements for security governance.

A fascinating analysis of conflict by experts in a wide variety of disciplines.

This 2006 book provides an in-depth look at the police response to gang problems.

Exposing the ''hidden'' history of marital violence between the Restoration and the mid-nineteenth century.

This book studies the confrontation between popular movements and repressive regimes in Central America.

In this 2005 book, Daniel Ross demonstrates that violence is an integral part of the democratic system.

Using Conflict Theory presents how and why conflict erupts, and how it can be managed.

Explores the topic of policy innovation by examining American child support.

A CTPT rendition of a controversial and important text.

This book presents a reinterpretation of Freud to show how language can be expressive and repressive.

An analysis of the causes and processes of revolution, drawing on the stories of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines.

Explores recent high profile cases of new religious movements involved in violence.

A compelling and harrowing examination of the violence that marked the Partition of India.