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The social reality of violence and violent crime / Henry H. Brownstein.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Allyn and Bacon, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: xiv, 204 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0205288073
  • 9780205288076
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.60973 21
LOC classification:
  • HN90.V5 B78 2000
Contents:
1. The Social Meaning of Violence and Violent Crime -- The Meaning of Violence -- The Social Construction of Reality -- The Measurement of Violence and Violent Crime -- Why We Tell the Stories We Tell about Violence -- 2. The Legend of the Drug-Crazed Killer -- Defining Drug Users as Violent Offenders -- Anslinger and the Dangers of Marijuana Use -- Crack-Crazed Killers -- The Relationship between Drug Use and Violence -- 3. The Yarn of the Malevolent Drug Dealer -- The Relationship between Drug Markets and Violence -- Systemic Drug-Related Violence -- Battling over Market Share -- Managing Product Quality -- Declaring War on Drug Dealers -- 4. The Allegory of the Innocent Bystander -- Who Is an Innocent Bystander? -- When a Stranger Is Not a Stranger -- Innocent Victims and Public Policy -- 5. The Family in the U.S.: A Romantic Tragedy -- The "Normal" U.S. Family -- When Families Don't Work -- The Birth of Family Violence -- Violence against Women and Children -- Responding to Family Violence -- 6. The Myth of the Liberated Woman -- The Liberation of Women -- Women and Violent Offending -- Women and Violent Victimization -- Women and the Criminal Justice System -- 7. The Age of the Super-Predators: A Fable -- Changing Patterns of Youthful Violence -- Theories of Youthful Violence -- The Notion of the Super-Predator -- Defining and Identifying the Problem -- Youth, Violent Crime, and Public Policy -- 8. The Parable of Poor and Minority Violent Offenders -- Race,Class, and Violence -- Minorities as Violent Offenders -- The Favors of the Criminal Justice System -- The Poor and Minorities as Victims of Violence -- 9. The Tale of the Worker Gone Mad -- The Relationship between Work, Production, and Violence -- Defining Workplace Violence -- Corporate Violence -- 10. The Social Reality of Violence and Violent Crime -- The Measure of Violence and Violent Crime -- The Social Reality of Violence and Violent Crime in the U.S -- Implications for Public Policy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-195) and index.

1. The Social Meaning of Violence and Violent Crime -- The Meaning of Violence -- The Social Construction of Reality -- The Measurement of Violence and Violent Crime -- Why We Tell the Stories We Tell about Violence -- 2. The Legend of the Drug-Crazed Killer -- Defining Drug Users as Violent Offenders -- Anslinger and the Dangers of Marijuana Use -- Crack-Crazed Killers -- The Relationship between Drug Use and Violence -- 3. The Yarn of the Malevolent Drug Dealer -- The Relationship between Drug Markets and Violence -- Systemic Drug-Related Violence -- Battling over Market Share -- Managing Product Quality -- Declaring War on Drug Dealers -- 4. The Allegory of the Innocent Bystander -- Who Is an Innocent Bystander? -- When a Stranger Is Not a Stranger -- Innocent Victims and Public Policy -- 5. The Family in the U.S.: A Romantic Tragedy -- The "Normal" U.S. Family -- When Families Don't Work -- The Birth of Family Violence -- Violence against Women and Children -- Responding to Family Violence -- 6. The Myth of the Liberated Woman -- The Liberation of Women -- Women and Violent Offending -- Women and Violent Victimization -- Women and the Criminal Justice System -- 7. The Age of the Super-Predators: A Fable -- Changing Patterns of Youthful Violence -- Theories of Youthful Violence -- The Notion of the Super-Predator -- Defining and Identifying the Problem -- Youth, Violent Crime, and Public Policy -- 8. The Parable of Poor and Minority Violent Offenders -- Race,Class, and Violence -- Minorities as Violent Offenders -- The Favors of the Criminal Justice System -- The Poor and Minorities as Victims of Violence -- 9. The Tale of the Worker Gone Mad -- The Relationship between Work, Production, and Violence -- Defining Workplace Violence -- Corporate Violence -- 10. The Social Reality of Violence and Violent Crime -- The Measure of Violence and Violent Crime -- The Social Reality of Violence and Violent Crime in the U.S -- Implications for Public Policy.

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