NCJ Number
25451
Date Published
1973
Length
319 pages
Annotation
EXAMINES THE CAUSES AND CONDITIONS OF VIOLENCE IN THE WESTERN WORLD.
Abstract
IN PART ONE THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE LACK OF VIOLENCE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND WALES. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE PROTEST, VIOLENCE AND CHANGE, THE STORY OF PROTEST IN ENGLAND, PROTEST AND THE POLICE AND RIOT CONTROL. PART TWO DEALS WITH CONSTANT VIOLENCE IN IRELAND. COMMENTS ARE MADE ON THE NEW REVOLUTIONARY CHALLENGE, CIVIL RIGHTS AND VIOLENCE, FROM COMMUNAL RIOTS TO URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE, AND THE PEAK OF TERROR. PART THREE THEN EXAMINES THE SPREAD OF DISSENT AND VIOLENCE IN BRITAIN AND ELSEWHERE, AND IN PARTICULAR, ARISING FROM THE DISRUPTION OF INDUSTRY AND THE INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF URBAN GUERRILLAS.