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Lethal Violence 2000: A Sourcebook on Fatal Domestic, Acquaintance and Stranger Aggression

NCJ Number
233462
Editor(s)
Harold V. Hall
Date Published
1996
Length
800 pages
Annotation
This sourcebook is a comprehensive reference for examining the facets of violence.
Abstract
This sourcebook applies the lethal violence sequence analysis to a wide-ranging array of fatal aggression, resulting in a multitude of observations and principles of violence. This analysis provides base rate information along with case examples for each type of fatal interaction, and applies the knowledge to violence-related situations and settings. Twenty three independent studies discuss current theories in 5 categories: foundational issues, juvenile and family violence, criminal violence, evaluation and intervention, and institutional violence. Topics covered within the 5 categories include individual chapters concerning: an overview of lethal violence; brain dysfunction and neural bases for and treatment of violent behavior; sex differences in juvenile violence; social inducements to paralethal and lethal violence such as violence in the media and/or the programming for violence addictions; victim-precipitated homicide with regard to victims who set into motion the events that result in their own demise; infanticide; spousal homicide; violence in the family; murder-suicide; workplace violence; violence and the sexual paraphilias or the deviant sexual act; serial murder; murder and sex murders motivated by underlying sexual conflicts; aircraft hijacking in the United States influenced by political, personal, and criminal motivations; insanity and mitigation to murder by reason of insanity; psychometric testing for personality disorders which cause lethal violence; psychological assessments of those who perpetrate lethal violence; treatment for sibling survivors of lethal violence; cognitive retraining of cerebral deficits associated with brain dysfunction that causes violent behavior; an examination of hostage takers, victims, and negotiators in hostage situations; the conflict to competition to violence cycle of violence in Western civilization; the violent community; police use of deadly force; and death by institutional or societal violence. Tables, figures, and references