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Violence: Reflections on Our Deadliest Epidemic (Forensic Focus, 18)
James Gilligan
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Paperback. He focuses on how feelings of shame cause violent and vengeful behaviour, argues that conventional punitive legal and penal systems which are based on notions of justice and retribution perpetuate violent behaviour. This ground-breaking book is a read for everyone touched by violence, all those who are working to prevent it and its consequences. Series: Forensic Focus. Num Pages: 320 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKVC; JKVP; JKVQ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
James Gilligan lays the foundation for a complete re-thinking of the nature and meaning of violence in society. He reveals the motives of men who commit horrifying crimes, men who not only kill other people, but also destroy themselves rather than suffer shame and loss of self-respect. He focuses on how feelings of shame cause violent and vengeful behaviour, and argues that conventional punitive legal and penal systems which are based on notions of justice and retribution perpetuate violent behaviour. He was called in to the Massachusetts prison system because of the high rates of suicides and ... Read more
James Gilligan lays the foundation for a complete re-thinking of the nature and meaning of violence in society. He reveals the motives of men who commit horrifying crimes, men who not only kill other people, but also destroy themselves rather than suffer shame and loss of self-respect. He focuses on how feelings of shame cause violent and vengeful behaviour, and argues that conventional punitive legal and penal systems which are based on notions of justice and retribution perpetuate violent behaviour. He was called in to the Massachusetts prison system because of the high rates of suicides and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Forensic Focus
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853028427
SKU
V9781853028427
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Violence: Reflections on Our Deadliest Epidemic (Forensic Focus, 18)
Important and absorbing...a valuable book deserving a widespread and thoughtful readership.
Norval Morris, Boston Globe, former Dean of University of Chicago Law School Extraordinary. Gilligan's recommendations concerning what does work to prevent violence...are extremely convincing...A wise and careful, enormously instructive book.
Owen Renik, M.D., editor
Psychoanalytic Quarterly
Dr. Gilligan offers a personal and passionate summing up ... Read more
Norval Morris, Boston Globe, former Dean of University of Chicago Law School Extraordinary. Gilligan's recommendations concerning what does work to prevent violence...are extremely convincing...A wise and careful, enormously instructive book.
Owen Renik, M.D., editor
Psychoanalytic Quarterly
Dr. Gilligan offers a personal and passionate summing up ... Read more