Violence in America

  • Violence in America: Protest, Rebellion, Reform
    By Ted Robert Gurr

    This third edition is a completely new book with the 12 chapters of this volume written specifically for it. The volume focuses on the issues that generate group violence. The...

  • Violence in America: Protest, Rebellion, Reform
    By Ted Robert Gurr

    An excellent companion to Violence in America: The History of Crime, this volume provides fascinating insight into recently developed theories on the sources of recurring conflict in American society.

  • Violence in America: The History of Crime
    By Ted Robert Gurr

    In addition, this engaging volume offers an evaluation of the traits of political assassins and an assessment of the pros and cons of gun control--and whether or not it will help to reduce crimes of violence.

  • Violence in America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
    By Ted Robert Gurr, Hugh Davis Graham, United States. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. Task Force on Historical and Comparative Perspectives

    A total reworking of this 1968 bestseller, with nine entirely new chapters, taking into account the radical changes in American society and American violence over the last decade. Of interest...

  • Violence in America: An Encyclopedia
    By Ronald Gottesman, Richard Maxwell Brown

    Contains entries that provide information about the history of violence in America, covering people, events, activities, organizations, and many other aspects of the topic; arranged alphabetically from Quakers to Zoot-Suit Riot.

  • Violence in America: An Encyclopedia
    By Richard Maxwell Brown

    This text is designed to look at important and complex issues, such as what explanations for violence (biological and cultural) in America have been offered over the years, and how...