Violence and abuse in society

Analysis of how to prevent war and reinforce UN systems by imposing accountability on individuals and states for the unlawful use of force.

A rigourous analysis of context in transitional justice, examining the successes and failures of truth and reconciliation commissions in post-conflict settings.

The book explores the concept of complex victimhood through stories of women who were abducted by the Lord''s Resistance Army.

The book explores the concept of complex victimhood through stories of women who were abducted by the Lord''s Resistance Army.

A comprehensive, cross-disciplinary, and in-depth study of violent behavior and aggression across the lifespan of human development.

A comprehensive, cross-disciplinary, and in-depth study of violent behavior and aggression across the lifespan of human development.

Latin America has among the world''s highest homicide rates.

Many therapists have likely worked with a client who has caused the therapist to confront his most cherished beliefs, or has changed the therapist in ways that forever altered the way he performs therapy, looks at the world, and sees himself.

Latin America has among the world''s highest homicide rates.

An in-depth philosophical study of the nature and immorality of revenge.

An in-depth philosophical study of the nature and immorality of revenge.

This book explores how international drug control law should be interpreted within the context of international human rights law.

This book explores how international drug control law should be interpreted within the context of international human rights law.

A study of the German minority in the Serbian Banat during World War II, its self-perception and its collaboration with the Nazis.

"En este libro brillante, Fardin no sólo revela su recorrido personal dolorosísimo y a la vez iluminador, sino que traza un mapa que nos permite guiarnos: ella, además de hablar, de defenderse, ha logrado universalizar su historia.

Surveys patterns of crisis, coercion and credibility in US-North Korea relations from the 1960s through to 2010.

Surveys patterns of crisis, coercion and credibility in US-North Korea relations from the 1960s through to 2010.

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

This book focuses on violence from assessment, through underlying neurobiology, to treatment and other recommendations for practice.

This book focuses on violence from assessment, through underlying neurobiology, to treatment and other recommendations for practice.

This book analyzes primary source evidence from militia groups, demonstrating the driving forces behind the post-war trajectory of armed groups.

This book analyzes primary source evidence from militia groups, demonstrating the driving forces behind the post-war trajectory of armed groups.

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

Surveys violence in Cambodia from the nineteenth century to the present, testing the theories of Norbert Elias in a non-Western context.

Surveys violence in Cambodia from the nineteenth century to the present, testing the theories of Norbert Elias in a non-Western context.

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of nationalist violence in postwar Europe and of its complex causes.

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of nationalist violence in postwar Europe and of its complex causes.

American Dionysia reveals that classic and contemporary resources of tragedy can counter the violence inherent in democracy.

This full-color new edition combines radiographic imaging of abuse with pathologic correlates side-by-side.

American Dionysia reveals that classic and contemporary resources of tragedy can counter the violence inherent in democracy.

This full-color new edition combines radiographic imaging of abuse with pathologic correlates side-by-side.

This radical and thought-provoking book argues that violence does not result from a breakdown of morality, but is morally motivated.

This book offers a compelling and comprehensive account of what happened to the KGB when the Soviet Union collapsed and the world's most powerful and dangerous secret police organization was uncloaked.

This radical and thought-provoking book argues that violence does not result from a breakdown of morality, but is morally motivated.

Innovations in Interventions to Address Intimate Partner Violence: Research and Practice speaks to what can be done to effectively intervene to end intimate partner violence against women.

Innovations in Interventions to Address Intimate Partner Violence: Research and Practice speaks to what can be done to effectively intervene to end intimate partner violence against women.

Bringing together cutting-edge theory and research that bridges academic disciplines from criminology and criminal justice, to developmental psychology, sociology, and political science, Thinking About Victimization offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and refreshingly accessible overview of scholarship on the nature, sources, and consequences of victimization.

Bringing together cutting-edge theory and research that bridges academic disciplines from criminology and criminal justice, to developmental psychology, sociology, and political science, Thinking About Victimization offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and refreshingly accessible overview of scholarship on the nature, sources, and consequences of victimization.

Consensual nonmonogamy (CNM) means that all partners in a relationship consent to expanded monogamy or polyamory.

Consensual nonmonogamy (CNM) means that all partners in a relationship consent to expanded monogamy or polyamory.

Literature in the child abuse and child protection arena has tended to adopt either a practice or legal perspective.

Literature in the child abuse and child protection arena has tended to adopt either a practice or legal perspective.

There is a significant increase in people who self-diagnose as having gender dysphoria and gender incongruence.

There is a significant increase in people who self-diagnose as having gender dysphoria and gender incongruence.

Set against the backdrop of the early American presence in Iran under the Shah, and the burgeoning years of Kuwait's early oil boom, Dancing into the Light is Kathryn Abdul-Baki's memoir of growing up within both the expatriate Western communities and the larger Middle Eastern society of Kuwait and Jerusalem.

Bringing together theory and public health practice, this interdisciplinary collection analyses three forms of nonconventional or radical sexualities: bareback sex, BDSM practices, and public sex.

Bringing together theory and public health practice, this interdisciplinary collection analyses three forms of nonconventional or radical sexualities: bareback sex, BDSM practices, and public sex.

Adult Transgender Care provides an overview of transgender health and offers a comprehensive approach to training mental health professionals in transgender care.

Adult Transgender Care provides an overview of transgender health and offers a comprehensive approach to training mental health professionals in transgender care.

This text explores scholarship, practice, and advocacy for Black women's pursuit of bodily autonomy, sexual freedom, and pleasure.