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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Gellert, George A., 1958- Confronting violence. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997 (OCoLC)605197585 |
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| 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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