Violence: The Enduring Problem

Violence: The Enduring Problem

Violence: The Enduring Problem offers an interdisciplinary and reader-friendly exploration of the patterns and correlations of individual and collective violent acts using the most contemporary research, theories, and cases. Responding to the fear of pervasive violence in the world, authors Alex Alvarez and Ronet Bachman address the various legislative, social, and political efforts to curb violent behavior. The authors expertly incorporate a wide range of current cases to help readers interpret the nature and dynamics of a variety of different, yet connected, forms of violence. The Fourth Edition represents a significant step forward in presenting a more complete and contemporary analysis of violence. Included in this edition is a new chapter on hate crime, a new chapter devoted to multicide, and updated discussions on current topical issues, including the #MeToo movement and epigenetics. " Violence: The Enduring Problem is a readable, sensible presentation of the current state of the field. It gives balanced coverage of both street violence and political violence. The most holistic text currently available ." -- Christopher W. Mullins "This textbook is a powerful broad-spectrum resource on violence in the United States and around the world." -- Rochelle Rowley "A well-written text that explores the wide array of issues in violent crime." -- Kristine Levan "The textbook is easy to understand, comprehensive, and highlights the current state of violence research." -- Egbert Zavala "A good examination of violence from a generally non-interpersonal focus." -- Carolyn Slotten "I do enjoy this text and have used it multiple times…I would describe it as comprehensive enough to give a good overview of different types of violence but in-depth enough to do most of the justice." -- Monica Merrill "Very good book that is highly accessible and very detailed." -- Gary Maynard Alex Alvarez , PhD, is a professor in the department of criminology and criminal justice at Northern Arizona University. From 2001 until 2003, he was the founding director of the Martin-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 and Genocide Studies at Stockton University. His first book, Governments, Citizens, and Genocide , was published by Indiana University Press in 2001. His other books include Murder American Style (2002), Genocidal Crimes (2009), Native America and the Question of Genocide (2014), and Unsteady Ground: Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide (2017). He has also served as an editor for the journal Violence and Victims , was a founding coeditor of the journal Genocide Studies and Prevention , and is an editor for Genocide Studies International . He has been invited to speak and present his research across North America and Europe. 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 the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. She is coauthor of Statistical Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice and coeditor of Explaining Criminals and Crime: Essays in Contemporary Criminal Theory . In addition, she is the author of Death and Violence on the Reservation and coauthor of Stress, Culture, and Aggression; Murder American Style ; and Violence: The Enduring Problem , along with numerous articles and papers that examine the epidemiology and etiology of violence, with particular emphasis on women, the elderly, and minority populations as well as research examining desistance from crime. Her most recent federally funded research was a mixed-methods study that examined the long-term desistance trajectories of criminal justice involved drug-involved individuals who have been followed with both quantitative and interview data for nearly thirty years. Her current state-funded research is assessing the needs of violent crime victims, especially those whose voices are rarely heard such as loved ones of homicide victims.