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Confronting violence : answers to questions about the epidemic destroying America's homes and communities

Author: George A Gellert
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997.
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Gellert, George A., 1958-
Confronting violence.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997
(OCoLC)605197585
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: George A Gellert
ISBN: 0813390958 9780813390956 0813390923 9780813390925
OCLC Number: 37836518
Description: xx, 298 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction: how should this book be used? --
Is America more violent than other societies? --
Physical and emotional abuse of children - - Sexual abuse of children --
School and youth violence --
Bullying: not just kids' stuff --
Spouse abuse and domestic and intimate violence against women --
Rape and sexual assault of adults --
Elder abuse and violence against the elderly --
Murder and homicide: ever more random --Violence and strangers --
Guns: do they increase or defend against violence? --
Violence to oneself: suicide --
Epilogue: the future of violence prevention.
Responsibility: George A. Gellert ; foreword by Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma.
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