The book discusses child abuse and neglect from an ecological perspective with a close look at those factors that place some children at higher risk of abuse; the causes of spousal abuse and interventions to reduce the incidence of that behavior; workplace violence from definitional, demographic, and theoretical perspectives; and ways to identify the causes of community violence using a public health model. It also examines environmental factors for violence, including television violence and its impact on youth; stereotypes and their relationships to racial, ethnic, and religious hatred and violence; and mental illness and violence, particularly how the mentally ill are more often the victim rather than the aggressor. Finally, it discusses efforts to reduce violent behavior in families, youth, and communities. References, figures, tables, notes, indexes