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Violence Violence Slavoj Žižek "Using history, philosophy, books, movies, Lacanian psychiatry, and jokes, Slavoj Zizek examines the ways we perceive and misperceive violence. Drawing from his unique cultural vision, Zizek brings n… OL11189910W
Bitter dawn Bitter dawn Irena Cristalis "Few new nations have endured a birth as traumatic as that of the world's youngest country, East Timor." "Born amid the flames, pillage and mayhem that surrounded Indonesia's reluctant withdrawal in … OL13274499W
Redemption Redemption Nicholas Lemann A century after Appomattox, the civil rights movement won full citizenship for black Americans in the South. It should not have been necessary: by 1870 those rights were set in the Constitution. Jour… OL15839444W
Schools, violence, and society Schools, violence, and society Allan M. Hoffman Since the 1960s, crime and violence have been increasing in America's schools. This violence is not limited to inner-city schools, but has struck virtually every strata and socioeconomic level of Ame… OL16808469W
A History of Force A History of Force James L. Payne Reviews over two dozen coercion-based practices, including human sacrifice, genocide, war, terrorism, revolution, political murder, riots, homicide, imprisonment, capital punishment, torture, religio… OL1815248W
Interpersonal violent behaviors Interpersonal violent behaviors Neil Alan Weiner,R. Barry Ruback "This expanded book version of a special issue of the journal Violence and Victims analyzes the social and cultural factors that influence violent behaviors. The editors and contributors discuss the … OL20542537W
Violence at work Violence at work Vittorio Di Martino,Duncan Chappell Provides a basis for understanding the nature of workplace violence and suggests ways of preventing it in the future. Focuses on those data, experiences and publications which best help to explain an… OL20546139W
Assessment of family violence Assessment of family violence Michel Hersen,Robert T. Ammerman "Almost every mental health professional is faced with evaluating individuals and families involved in domestic violence, including child abuse and neglect, incest, battering, elder abuse, and psycho… OL20944043W
Geweld op school Geweld op school Manuel Armas Castro Pesten en geweld, vooral op school, komen aan bod. Ingezoomd wordt op persoonlijk gedrag, ervaringen van klasgenoten en oplossingen. Met kleurenfoto's. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar. OL26178328W
Knalhard Knalhard Caja Cazemier Na een avondje stappen wordt Ties (16) in elkaar geslagen door een groep jongens. Het lijkt of alleen zijn verwondingen moeten genezen om zich beter te voelen, maar dan merkt hij dat hij niemand meer… OL26184760W
Brief aan een onbekende man Brief aan een onbekende man Marieke Storm In juli 1990 werd Marieke Storm door een onbekende man aangerand. Na dit voorval was haar leven nooit meer hetzelfde. Na eerst jarenlang het trauma onbewust te hebben ontkend en verdrongen, dwongen c… OL26185744W
Männerphantasien Männerphantasien Klaus Theweleit Vor 40 Jahren erschien mit Männerphantasien Klaus Theweleits große Untersuchung über die sexuelle, psychologische und soziopolitische Vorgeschichte des Nationalsozialismus in der Weimarer Republik. D… OL2818695W
Laten zien dat we beesten zijn... Laten zien dat we beesten zijn... Peter Gielissen,Pieter Vonk Interviews met 10 jongens en meisjes, waarin homohaat en pottenrammerij regelmatig ter sprake komen. Tien jongeren vertellen over hun geweldsmisdrijven en hun achtergronden. OL28950004W
Shamanism, colonialism, and the wild man Shamanism, colonialism, and the wild man Michael T. Taussig Working with the image of the Indian shaman as Wild Man, Taussig reveals not the magic of the shaman but that of the politicizing fictions creating the effect of the real. "This extraordinary book . … OL33626W
Behind closed doors Behind closed doors Murray A. Straus Interviews and research describing the physical domestic violence to children and spouses in American families. OL3960127W
Violence in the media Violence in the media Nancy Signorielli Violence in the Media: A Reference Handbook documents the issues, impact, controversies, and consequences of one of the most insidious phenomena facing American society. With 99 percent of American h… OL4307442W
No more secrets No more secrets Nina J. Weinstein Sixteen-year-old Mandy remembers being raped at the age of eight by an acquaintance of her mother's and feels her guilt and anger damaging her attitude toward boys and destroying her relationship wit… OL4453340W
Violence on television Violence on television Barrie Gunter "This book presents the findings of the largest British study of violence on TV ever undertaken. The research was funded by the broadcasting industry and was designed to provide an up-to-date snapsho… OL556901W
Our faith in evil Our faith in evil Gregory E. Desilet "The text examines violence in film, analyzing psychological and social effects, the dramatic structure of melodrama and its context in reality"--Provided by publisher. OL5837316W
Sacred Fury Sacred Fury Charles Selengut History, marred with the actions of fundamentalist and extremist groups, continues to highlight religion as a cause for violent action. But how 'religious' is this violence? And what drives the faith… OL8023301W
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