Violence and abuse in society

We regularly encounter appalling wrongdoing, with the media offering a depressing parade of violent assault, rape, and murder.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Violence is part and parcel of human history and of human nature.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Violence is part and parcel of human history and of human nature.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring We regularly encounter appalling wrongdoing, with the media offering a depressing parade of violent assault, rape, and murder.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring We regularly encounter appalling wrongdoing, with the media offering a depressing parade of violent assault, rape, and murder.

Until now, the influential agents in rampage killings have been described with unsatisfactory generalizations or chalked up to unconscious impulses.

Dachau and the SS studies the concentration camp guards at Dachau, the first SS concentration camp and a national 'school' of violence for its concentration camp personnel.

Violence has always been, and is to this day, a primary cause of tension and suffering the world over.

'Grooming' and the Sexual Abuse of Children: Institutional, Internet and Familial Dimensions critically examines the official and popular discourses on grooming, predominantly framed within the context of online sexual exploitation and abuse committed by strangers, and institutional child abuse committed by those in positions of trust.

'Grooming' and the Sexual Abuse of Children: Institutional, Internet and Familial Dimensions critically examines the official and popular discourses on grooming, predominantly framed within the context of online sexual exploitation and abuse committed by strangers, and institutional child abuse committed by those in positions of trust.

Medieval Violence provides a detailed analysis of the practice of medieval brutality, focusing on a thriving region of northern France in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries.

Containing concise but detailed summaries on a comprehensive range of clinical scenarios and conditions likely to be encountered by trainees, paediatricians, therapists, nurses, and allied professionals in their day-to-day practice, Community Paediatrics is the ideal companion for anyone working with children in the community.

Containing concise but detailed summaries on a comprehensive range of clinical scenarios and conditions likely to be encountered by trainees, paediatricians, therapists, nurses, and allied professionals in their day-to-day practice, Community Paediatrics is the ideal companion for anyone working with children in the community.

Current Legal Issues, like its sister volume Current Legal Problems (now available in journal format), is based upon an annual colloquium held at Univesity College London.

Current Legal Issues, like its sister volume Current Legal Problems (now available in journal format), is based upon an annual colloquium held at Univesity College London.

Dachau and the SS studies the concentration camp guards at Dachau, the first SS concentration camp and a national 'school' of violence for its concentration camp personnel.

The international community's efforts to halt child soldiering have yielded some successes.

The international community's efforts to halt child soldiering have yielded some successes.

Holy Terror is a profound and timely investigation of the idea of terror, drawing upon political, philosophical, literary, and theological sources to trace a genealogy from the ancient world to the modern day.

On 26 August 1914 the world-famous university library in the Belgian town of Louvain was looted and destroyed by German troops.

In the years after the First World War both Ulster and Upper Silesia saw violent conflicts over self-determination.

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the criminal defence of self-defence from a philosophical, legal and human rights perspective.

On 26 August 1914 the world-famous university library in the Belgian town of Louvain was looted and destroyed by German troops.

Medieval Europe was a rapidly developing society with a problem of violent disorder.

Children throughout the world are engaged in a great number of activities classifiable as work.

Holy Terror is a profound and timely investigation of the idea of terror, drawing upon political, philosophical, literary, and theological sources to trace a genealogy from the ancient world to the modern day.

The book's main focus is on extremist ideologies and structural capabilities of violent non-state actors that employ terrorist means.

The Globalization of Hate: Internationalizing Hate Crime?

The Globalisation of Hate: Internationalising Hate Crime?

Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts is the first book-length work on personhood in ancient Israel.

Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts is the first book-length work on personhood in ancient Israel.

During World War Two, death and violence permeated all aspects of the everyday lives of ordinary people in Eastern Europe.

During World War Two, death and violence permeated all aspects of the everyday lives of ordinary people in Eastern Europe.

This work provides an authoritative survey of America's long and turbulent history of rebellion, sedition, and treason against government authority and institutions.

As the youth gang phenomenon becomes an important and sensitive public issue, communities from Los Angeles to Rio, Cape Town to London are facing the reality of what such violent groups mean for their children and young people.

As the youth gang phenomenon becomes an important and sensitive public issue, communities from Los Angeles to Rio, Cape Town to London are facing the reality of what such violent groups mean for their children and young people.

Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse fills a gap for an authoritative and considered text focused on false accusations of recent or historical abuse, both as a miscarriage of justice and as an ordeal which impairs lives even when it does not result in criminal charges.

Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse fills a gap for an authoritative and considered text focused on false accusations of recent or historical abuse, both as a miscarriage of justice and as an ordeal which impairs lives even when it does not result in criminal charges.

Around 85 children die each year in the UK due to abuse or neglect.

Around 85 children die each year in the UK due to abuse or neglect.

Working with Families Experiencing Vulnerability provides a comprehensive guide to family-centred practice for social workers.

In recent history, planned violent attacks have persisted in the United States and abroad.

In recent history, planned violent attacks have persisted in the United States and abroad.

Working with Young People offers a new outlook on social, cultural, and educational work with young people.

Working with Young People offers a new outlook on social, cultural, and educational work with young people.

Violence against women has been a focus of transnational advocacy networks since the early 1980s, and the United Nations has, in intervening years, passed a series of resolutions to condemn, prevent, investigate, and punish this violence.

Violence against women has been a focus of transnational advocacy networks since the early 1980s, and the United Nations has, in intervening years, passed a series of resolutions to condemn, prevent, investigate, and punish this violence.

Organized around the theme of child well-being, this book provides an overview of child welfare's past and present with consideration of its future.

Organized around the theme of child well-being, this book provides an overview of child welfare's past and present with consideration of its future.

Youth civic engagement efforts have become common across the globe.