Violence and the Prevention of Violence

LEONORE LOEB ADLER is Professor Emerita of Psychology and director of the Institute of Cross-Cultural and Cross-Ethnic Studies at Molloy College in New York. She has published 14 books, among them The International Handbook on Gender Roles (Greenwood, 1993), Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Praeger, 1991), and Cross-Cultural Research in Human Development: Life-Span Perspectives (Praeger, 1989).FLORENCE L. DENMARK is Robert Scott Pace Professor of Psychology and chair of the department of Psychology at Pace University. She has published 16 books, including Psychology of Women: A Handbook of Issues and Theories (Greenwood, 1993).

• Forewords by Lenore E. A. Walker and Benjamin B. WolmanPreface by Leonore Loeb Adler and Florence L. DenmarkViolence: A Societal PhenomenonMotivational Approach to Violent Behavior: Cross-Cultural Perspective by Sergei V. Tsytsarev and Charles V. CallahanMachismo Values and Violence in America: An Empirical Study by Robert S. LeeAssessment of Attitudes toward Terrorism by Harold Takooshian and William M. VerdiViolence Involving the YoungViolent Youth: Reflections on Contemporary Child-Rearing Practices in America as an Antecedent Cause by June F. ChisholmTrauma in Children's Lives: Issues and Treatment by Jack L. Herman, Barbara A. Mowder, Linda Moy, and Linda SadlerIncest: The Most Personal Violence by Dan MeyerViolence in the Schools by Joseph O'DonoghueJuvenile Violence and the Death Penalty by Joan M. Reidy MerloViolence in AdulthoodMale Violence Against Women: A Global Health and Development Issue by Nancy Felipe Russo, Mary P. Koss, and Lisa GoodmanDomestic Violence and Its Prevention by Herbert H. Krauss and Beatrice J. KraussGender-Stereotypes and the Problem of Marital Violence by Gwendolyn L. GerberWomen and Crime by Barbara CowenPrevention of Family Violence for the Female Alcoholic by Jean CirilloElder Violence (Maltreatment) in Domestic Setting: Some Theory and Research by Margot B. NadienEpilogue: Traditional Buddhist Ladakh; A Society at Peace by Uwe P. GielenBibliographyIndex