Violence and abuse in society

An analysis of land and natural resource conflict as a source of political violence, focusing on election violence in Kenya.

An analysis of land and natural resource conflict as a source of political violence, focusing on election violence in Kenya.

The first ethnographic and historical study of raiding in the Central African Republic.

This Element explores a ''post-Western'' understanding of violence and non-violence based on indigenous sources in Sikh tradition.

This Element discusses the question: what makes a man randomly kill unarmed people, and why do some consider him a hero?

Provides an original analysis of the routine and spectacular forms of violence deployed by the Asad regime in Syria over the last four decades.

Discover theories of persuasion that show how terrorist messages promote radicalization and how counter-messages fight terrorist propaganda.

Presents essays by feminists of theory and literature that examine contemporary feminism and the most pressing issues of today.

Presents essays by feminists of theory and literature that examine contemporary feminism and the most pressing issues of today.

An accessible, authoritative history of terrorism, offering systematic analyses of key themes, problems and case studies from terrorism''s long past.

An accessible, authoritative history of terrorism, offering systematic analyses of key themes, problems and case studies from terrorism''s long past.

Explores revenge as a motivation relating to conflict and violence, specifically within Oceania.

Investigates geographic variation in Hindu-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002 critically examining the logic of political violence.

This Element discusses the question: what makes a man randomly kill unarmed people, and why do some consider him a hero?

This Element explores how Bahá''í scriptures provide a blueprint for building a new, more mature world culture where nonviolence prevails.

Patterns of violence in traditional religions of Melanesia, Micrionesia and Polynesia, and changes to those patterns after modern contact.

Discover theories of persuasion that show how terrorist messages promote radicalization and how counter-messages fight terrorist propaganda.

Patterns of violence in traditional religions of Melanesia, Micrionesia and Polynesia, and changes to those patterns after modern contact.

This Element considers how religions, which propagate peace, can end up promoting violence against innocent civilians through terrorist acts.

Summarizes established theories about ritual and violence and examines their link.

Public and private forms of violence have co-evolved rather than competed in America''s political development since the nineteenth century.

A thorough examination of cultic violence discussing religious violence all the way to the post-9/11 era.

This Element explores a ''post-Western'' understanding of violence and non-violence based on indigenous sources in Sikh tradition.

Examines the social, legal and cultural challenges navigating the boundaries of ''normal''-''problematic''-''risky'' sexual behaviours among peers.

Provides an original analysis of the routine and spectacular forms of violence deployed by the Asad regime in Syria over the last four decades.

This in-depth analysis of homicide patterns in seventeenth-century Italy explores the social contexts behind a sharp rise in interpersonal violence.

This in-depth analysis of homicide patterns in seventeenth-century Italy explores the social contexts behind a sharp rise in interpersonal violence.

Public and private forms of violence have co-evolved rather than competed in America''s political development since the nineteenth century.

Represents the largest recorded dataset based on human skeletal remains from archaeological sites across the continent of Europe.

Represents the largest recorded dataset based on human skeletal remains from archaeological sites across the continent of Europe.

How do violent jihadists use language to try to persuade people to carry out violent acts?

How do violent jihadists use language to try to persuade people to carry out violent acts?

Describes how child sexual abuse can occur in formal organizations and how organization theory can advance understanding of this phenomenon.

This book explores the motives of local political elites and armed groups in carrying out violence against civilians during civil war.

This book explores the motives of local political elites and armed groups in carrying out violence against civilians during civil war.

This fully revised volume provides a rigorous assessment of the latest research relating to the disclosure of childhood sexual abuse, along with the practical and policy implications of the findings.

This book explores how local social organization and cohesion enable covert and overt nonviolent strategies.

Considers how to implement children''s rights in the twenty-first century through a child rights-based approach to sustainable development.

The Care of the Witness explores the historical shifts in the crises of witnessing to genocide, war, and disaster and their contribution to nongovernmental politics.

The Care of the Witness explores the historical shifts in the crises of witnessing to genocide, war, and disaster and their contribution to nongovernmental politics.

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

This volume compiles lessons learned by field researchers, many of whom have faced demanding situations characterized by violence, distrust and social fragmentation.

This volume compiles lessons learned by field researchers, many of whom have faced demanding situations characterized by violence, distrust and social fragmentation.

Explains why some refugee-hosting communities in Africa launch large-scale attacks on civilian refugees while others refrain, even when encouraged to do so by state officials.

Explains why some refugee-hosting communities in Africa launch large-scale attacks on civilian refugees while others refrain, even when encouraged to do so by state officials.

Some of the most frightening and harmful violence in modern society takes place inside the family.