Interpersonal violent behaviors : social and cultural aspects /

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Imprint:New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c1995.
Description:vii, 190 p. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Violence.
Violence -- Cross cultural studies.
Violence -- Research.
Violent crimes.
Violence.
Violence -- Research.
Violent crimes.
Cross-cultural studies.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1832688
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Other authors / contributors:Ruback, R. Barry, 1950-
Weiner, Neil Alan.
ISBN:082618510X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / R. Barry Ruback and Neil Alan Weiner
  • 2. Methodological Issues in Cross-Cultural Large-Survey Research on Violence / Rosemary Gartner
  • 3. Issues in Cross-Cultural Studies of Interpersonal Violence / Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember
  • 4. Violent Criminal Behavior over the Life Course: A Review of the Longitudinal and Comparative Research / John H. Laub and Janet L. Lauritsen
  • 5. Violence and Gender: Differences and Similarities Across Societies / Dane Archer and Patricia McDaniel
  • 6. Violence by and Against Women: A Comparative and Cross-National Analysis / Candace Kruttschnitt
  • 7. An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective on Male Sexual Proprietariness and Violence Against Wives / Margo Wilson and Martin Daly
  • 8. Homicide and U.S. Regional Culture / Richard E. Nisbett, Gregory Polly and Sylvia Lang
  • 9. A Social Interactionist Approach to Violence: Cross-Cultural Applications / Richard B. Felson and James T. Tedeschi
  • 10. Inquiry Through a Comparative Lens: Unraveling the Social and Cultural Aspects of Interpersonal Violent Behaviors / Neil Alan Weiner and R. Barry Ruback.