Perspectives on Violence and Violent Death

<p>This book examines violence. It looks at the nature and types of violence, the causes of violence, and the emotional wake left by violent episodes. In the twentieth century, the world experienced two world wars and countless other wars. Many millions died violent deaths from murder, death squads, purges, riots, revolutions, ethnic cleansing, rape, robbery, domestic violence, suicide, gang violence, terrorist acts, genocide, and in many other ways. As we entered the twenty-first century, we experienced 9/11, the Red Lake School deaths, suicide bombers, and more mass death brought about by the actions of governments, revolutionaries, terrorists, and still more wars. The need to better understand violence, both lethal and non-lethal, to become aware of the many forms of violence, and to learn how to survive in the aftermath of violent death are the focus of "Perspectives on Violence and Violent Death."</p> <p>Preface </p><p>Acknowledgments </p><p>PART I Introduction—The Nature of Violence</p><p> Chapter 1 <br> Good Violence/Bad Violence:Its Impact on Children and Suggested Responses Robert G. Stevenson</p><p> Chapter 2 <br> Violence in the Family: Spirituality/Religion as Culprit and Comfort Reverend Richard B. Gilbert</p><p> Chapter 3<br> Conflict and Violence Within the Workplace: An Existentialist Analysis Neil Thompson</p><p> Chapter 4<br> Violence and the Dehumanization of Victims in Auschwitz and Beyond: Remembering Through Literature Gregory Paul Wegner</p><p> Chapter 5<br> Religious Violence and Weapons of Mass Destruction Timothy Kullman</p><p>PART II Encounters with Violence</p><p> Chapter 6<br> Resisting the Magnet: A Study of South African Children's Engagements with Neighborhood Violence Jenny Parkes</p><p> Chapter 7<br> Silent Night, Violent Night: An Encounter With Unexpected Violence Carr Maher</p><p> Chapter 8 <br> Hispanic Families and Mass Casualties: The First 48 Hours Fernando Cabrera</p><p> Chapter 9<br> Grief and Guilt in the Military Carr Maher</p><p>PART III Empirical Studies</p><p> Chapter 10<br> Characteristics of Homicide: Victimization Across the Life Span Kimberly A. Vogt</p><p> Chapter 11 <br> Grief and Attachment Within the Context of Family Violence Kimberly A. Rapoza and Kathleen Malley-Morrison</p><p> Chapter 12<br> Bereavement Following Violent Death: An Assault on Life and Meaning Joseph M. Currier, Jason M. Holland, Rachel A. Coleman, and Robert A. Neimeyer</p><p> Chapter 13 <br> Violence in Our Own Backyard: September 11th Revisited Barbara Melamed</p><p>PART IV Alternatives to Violence/Coping with Violence</p><p> Chapter 14<br> Making and Breaking Cycles of Violence Colin Murray Parkes</p><p> Chapter 15<br> Coping with Violent Death: The Role of Spirituality Gerry R. Cox</p><p> Chapter 16<br> From Violence to Peace: Posthomicide Memorials Inge Corless and Phyllis R. Silverman</p><p> Chapter 17<br> Talk it Out! Walk it Out! Wait it Out! Take Ten: An Intercultural Approach to Creating Safer Schools Kim Overdyke and Jay Caponigro</p><p>Appendix A Violence: A Statement of Assumptions and Principles (IWG)</p><p>Appendix B Summary of Guidelines, Protocols, and Procedures </p><p>Appendix C Bibliography Dick Gilbert</p><p> Contributors </p><p> Index </p>