Violence

The Enduring Problem

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Chapter 1. DEFINING VIOLENCE

Chapter 2. WHY DO WE DO IT?

Alex Alvarez, PhD, is a professor in the department of criminology and criminal justice atNorthern Arizona University. From 2001 until 2003, he was the founding director of theMartin-Springer Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, Tolerance, and Humanitarian Values.In 2017–2018, he served as the Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Holocaust andGenocide Studies at Stockton University. His first book, Governments, Citizens, and Genocide,was published by Indiana University Press in 2001. His other books include Murder AmericanStyle (2002), Genocidal Crimes (2009), Native America and the Question of Genocide (2014), andUnsteady Ground... More About Author

Ronet D. Bachman, PhD, worked as a statistician at the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S.Department of Justice, before going back to an academic career; she is now a professor in theDepartment of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. She is coauthorof Statistical Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice and coeditor of Explaining Criminalsand Crime: Essays in Contemporary Criminal Theory. In addition, she is the author of Death andViolence on the Reservation and coauthor of Stress, Culture, and Aggression; Murder AmericanStyle; and Violence: The Enduring Problem, along with numerous articles and papers that... More About Author