Confronting violence : answers to questions about the epidemic destroying America's homes and communities /
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| Author / Creator: | Gellert, George A., 1958- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Washington, DC : American Public Health Association, c2002. |
| Description: | xxiv, 359 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6657313 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : how should this book be used?
- Is America more violent than other societies?
- Physical and emotional abuse of children
- Sexual abuse of children
- School and youth violence
- Bullying : not just kids' stuff
- Spouse abuse and domestic and intimate violence against women
- Rape and sexual assault of adults
- Elder abuse and violence against the elderly
- Murder and homicide : ever more random
- Violence and strangers
- Guns : do they increase or defend against violence?
- Violence to oneself : suicide
- Epilogue : the future of violence prevention.
