Violence : reflections on a national epidemic /
Gilligan, James,
Violence : reflections on a national epidemic / James Gilligan. - First Vintage Books edition. - vi, 306 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-294) and index.
"Drawing on firsthand experience as a prison psychiatrist, his own family history, and literature, Gilligan unveils the motives of men who commit horrifying crimes, men who will not only kill others but destroy themselves rather than suffer a loss of self-respect. With devastating clarity, Gilligan traces the role that shame plays in the etiology of murder and explains why our present penal system only exacerbates it. Brilliantly argued, harrowing in its portraits of the walking dead, Violence should be read by anyone concerned with this national epidemic and its widespread consequences."Extraordinary. Gilligan's recommendations concerning what does work to prevent violence...are extremely convincing...A wise and careful, enormously instructive book."--Owen Renik, M.D., editor, Psychoanalytic Quarterly"--Publisher description.
0679779124 9780679779124
96036854
Violence.
Violence--Psychological aspects
Violence--Prevention
HM281 / .G45 1997 HM1116 / .G45 1997
303.6
Violence : reflections on a national epidemic / James Gilligan. - First Vintage Books edition. - vi, 306 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published: New York : Putnam, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-294) and index.
"Drawing on firsthand experience as a prison psychiatrist, his own family history, and literature, Gilligan unveils the motives of men who commit horrifying crimes, men who will not only kill others but destroy themselves rather than suffer a loss of self-respect. With devastating clarity, Gilligan traces the role that shame plays in the etiology of murder and explains why our present penal system only exacerbates it. Brilliantly argued, harrowing in its portraits of the walking dead, Violence should be read by anyone concerned with this national epidemic and its widespread consequences."Extraordinary. Gilligan's recommendations concerning what does work to prevent violence...are extremely convincing...A wise and careful, enormously instructive book."--Owen Renik, M.D., editor, Psychoanalytic Quarterly"--Publisher description.
0679779124 9780679779124
96036854
Violence.
Violence--Psychological aspects
Violence--Prevention
HM281 / .G45 1997 HM1116 / .G45 1997
303.6