NCJ Number
150373
Editor(s)
M Costanzo,
S Oskamp
Date Published
1994
Length
296 pages
Annotation
Intended for students, scholars, and general readers, these 11 papers summarize research on the nature and causes of violence, the consequences for victims and communities, and the response of the legal system.
Abstract
Individual chapters examine the impact of media sexual violence and the effectiveness of attempts to censor such material, the possible effects of gun control laws, the response of the legal system to abused children, harassment and violence directed against homosexuals, and the use of the battered woman syndrome in trials of women who kill their abusers. Additional chapters focus on how rape cases are processed by the legal system, research on the relationship between mental disorder and violence, police brutality, the response of the criminal justice system to gang violence, the legal system's handling of violent offenders, and capital punishment. Tables, figures, chapter reference lists, and subject and author indexes