Violence and abuse in society

If the world seems more violent these days, its not your imaginationtheres far too much aggression, coercion and deceit.

An accessible resource to help those in organisational settings ensure that they have taken all possible steps to safeguard the children and young people they are responsible for.

This accessible guide explores how our brains react to stress and offers a fresh perspective on how we define "e;trauma.

This is the first study to bring space into conversation with religious competition, conflict and violence in the contemporary world.

The Old Testament recounts the story of King Saul, a charismatic and righteous man chosen by God to be king over his people.

This book provides readers and researchers with a critical examination of mass shootings as told by the media, offering research-based, factual answers to oft-asked questions and investigating common myths about these tragic events.

Sexual assault prevention and response policies and programs in the Armed Forces are the most comprehensive and the most aggressive in the United States, yet after years of fighting this problem, we are still in the exact same place.

This book addresses how longitudinal research approaches are used to understand young people's lives.

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This book illustrates how rigid ideas about gender have perpetuated a legacy of violence and exclusion in the United States.

After family violence, very young children and babies benefit from child-led therapy, but how do you achieve this?

Unsafe Spaces reveals the shocking extent of sexual abuse in English and Welsh universities.

Intimate partner violence leaves long-term effects.

Emotional abuse and neglect are at the core of all types of child maltreatment, and have the most harmful effects on the physical and psychological development and well-being of children.

Dance/Movement Therapy and Sexual Abuse addresses the vital role dance/movement therapy plays in helping survivors of sexual abuse.

Originally published in 1995, Social Changes, Crime and the Police studies the relationship of social change and crime, the role of the police amidst changing social conditions, and the reaction of society and the state to the criminal problem.

A core issue for professionals responsible for addressing sexual abuse is how to correctly identify cases.

From the Trappist monk and author of The Seven Storey Mountain, reflections on the way to moral and social change in a violent world.

State responses to feminicide in Latin America, characterised in many cases by indifference and incompetence, have caused global concern.

Sex Therapy: The Basics offers an introduction to modern sex therapy and is essential reading for anyone working professionally with sexual issues or just interested in sex.

The quality of the assessment of children in need has a significant impact on outcomes for the children concerned.

Psychosis and the Traumatised Self explores what it is like to experience psychosis for individuals with histories of childhood physical and sexual abuse.

Feminists have always perceived wife abuse as just one of many manifestations of the unequal division of power between men and women.

Interpret the hidden meaning of family roles to help children at risk!

Emotional, physical and sexual abuse in childhood can result in a range of problems and lead to long-term difficulties that make life a struggle.

The Third Edition of Terrorism in Perspective, like its two successful predecessors, takes a broad-based approach that emphasizes the historical, cultural, political, religious, social, and economic factors that underlie an understanding of both global and domestic terrorism.

A thorough and timely investigation of both well-established and emerging crime and punishment issues, this book provides readers with compelling examples of how different countries around the world confront these problems.

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.

This book differentiates between categories of adolescent male offending and explores the behavioural and social profiles of those who become involved inviolent offending and organized crime.

*Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Prize 2006*Shattered Lives bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic episodes.

"e;This informative and compassionate book challenges the negative picture of refugees and asylum-seekers portrayed in the media.

For women experiencing domestic violence, narrative therapy can be a powerful tool to help them gain self-confidence and a sense of identity, resist violence, and make the transition from abuse to safety.

This book examines the notion of citizenship for Muslims who were displaced after the Godhra violence in Gujarat in 2002.

Provide effective care for the members of your congregation suffering with PTSD!

This book is designed to examine issues related to schools, violence, and society.

Sport and Violence takes a critical look at the culture of 'sports rage' and aggression in the sporting industry, covering ethical, historical and sociological causes and impacts.

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Violence and Nonviolence: an Introduction critiques five dominant societal views about violence and nonviolence.

The fact is that war comes in many guises and its effects continue to be felt long after peace is proclaimed.

'Rough sex' has been at the forefront of criminal law in recent years following several high-profile murders of women killed during alleged consensual sex 'gone wrong', leading to widespread calls for reform to prevent the use of what has been termed the 'rough sex defence.

The Impossible Imperative brings to life the daily efforts of child welfare professionals working on behalf of vulnerable children and families.

Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline.

Thirty-nine women and their strategies of survival are the central focus of Aysan Sev'er's newest study on women who have left abusive situations.

This book covers a range of issues and phenomena around gender-related violence in specific cultural and regional conditions.

She didn't see the hammer.

This Element argues lynching emerges when neither the state nor its challengers have a monopoly over legitimate authority.

This thorough and multidisciplinary overview of childrearing illustrates and stands on two foundational principles: that the importance of parenting is immense, and that it is undervalued.

What can we learn from inquiries into cases of fatal child abuse?