Violence and the law Mark Costanzo, Stuart Oskamp, editors.
Series Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology (Series)Detalles de publicación: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publications c1994.Descripción: 290 p. 23cmISBN:- 0803953410
- 0803953429 (pbk.)
- 364.1/0973 20
- HV6789 .V56 1994
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The nature of violence, the factors that contribute to violence, and the consequences of violence on victims and communities are investigated in this volume, which focuses on how the United States legal system has dealt with violent crime.
The contributors describe the incidence and prevalence of particular forms of violence and cover a broad range of topics including: child abuse; gun control; violence towards homosexuals; rape survivors; police brutality; battered women; gang violence; and the death penalty.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics
- An Introduction to Violence and the Law
- Part 1 Contributors to Violence
- Sexual Violence in the Mass Media
- Do Legal Changes Matter? The Case of Gun Control Laws
- Part 2 Legal System Responses to Victims of Violence
- Child Abuse
- The Response of the Legal System
- Heterosexism, Hate Crimes, and the Law
- Applications of Battered Women Syndrome Evidence in the Courtroom
- Rape Survivors and the Legal System
- Part 3 Legal System Responses to Violent Offenders
- Violence, Mental Disorder, and the Law
- Police Brutality
- Criminal Justice Reaction to Gang Violence
- Violent Crime and Violent Criminals
- The Justice System's Response
- The Death Penalty
- Public Opinions, Legal Decisions, and Juror Perspectives
Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics
Stuart Oskamp (Ph.D., Stanford University) has focused his research interests in the areas of attitudes and attitude change, applied social psychology, behavioral aspects of energy and resource conservation, and social issues and public policy. His books include Attitudes and Opinions and Applied Social Psychology . He has been elected a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives and President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) and of the APA Division of Population and Environmental Psychology. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Social Issues and of the Applied Social Psychology Annual . Since 1984 he has organized the Claremont Symposium on Applied Social Psychology and co-edited the resulting annual volume published for many years by Sage Publications and now published by Erlbaum.