Why Violence?: Leading Questions Regarding the Conceptualization and Reality of Violence in Society - Softcover

Thornton, William; Voigt, Lydia; Harper, Dee

9781594608674: Why Violence?: Leading Questions Regarding the Conceptualization and Reality of Violence in Society

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594608679 ISBN 13: 9781594608674

Publisher: Carolina Academic Press, 2013

Why Violence? is designed to be used with Violence: Do We Know It When We See It?: A Reader. These two volumes explore the many ways in which violence is understood and manifest in contemporary society. These books offer a critical analysis of the interplay between popular perceptions and myths with official trends and scientific data; and ultimately they address the puzzling question of why there is a ''disconnect'' between the public's understanding of violence in society and scientific evidence.

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About the Author:

Dr. William Thornton is Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, Director of the Master of Criminal Justice program, and Professor of Sociology at Loyola University New Orleans. Dr. Lydia Voigt holds the Reverend Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., Distinguished Professorship in the Social Sciences and is a Distinguished University Professor and a Professor of Sociology as well as the current chairperson in the Department of Sociology at Loyola University New Orleans. Dee Wood Harper is a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Loyola University New Orleans.

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