Understanding and Preventing Violence: Volume 1

by Albert J. Reiss Jr.

Book Overview

By conservative estimates, more than 16,000 violent crimes are committed or attempted every day in the United States. Violence involves many factors and spurs many viewpoints, and this diversity impedes our efforts to make the nation safer.

Now a landmark volume from the National Research Council presents the first comprehensive, readable synthesis of America's experience of violence--offering a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309054761
• ISBN13: 9780309054768
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"