VIOLENCE IN AMERICA - A SEARCH FOR PERSPECTIVE

• NCJ Number: 18645
• Author(s): R A LISTON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 159 pages
• Sale Source: Simon and Schuster
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN EXAMINATION OF VIOLENCE IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, PARTICULARLY THE CAUSES OF SUCH VIOLENCE AND ITS EFFECT UPON ATTITUDES AND LAWS.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE CAUSES OF THE VIOLENCE OF THE FRONTIER ERA, RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC CONFLICT, THE STORMY GROWTH OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT, POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND CRIME. HE CONCLUDES THAT MUCH OF THE VIOLENCE IN AMERICA HAS BEEN PROVOKED BY SPECIFIC SITUATIONS, AND HAS ENDED WHEN THOSE SITUATIONS WERE CHANGED, LARGELY THROUGH POLITICAL SOLUTIONS. AMERICA, HE FEELS, IS FAR LESS VIOLENT A NATION THAN IT ONCE WAS, BUT MANY EXAMPLES OF THE INEQUALITY, FRUSTRATION AND RAGE WHICH LEAD TO VIOLENCE REMAIN. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)