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Jack Levin is the Brudnick Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at Northeastern University, where he codirects its Center on Violence and Conflict. He has authored or coauthored more than 30 books, most recently The Violence of Hate: Understanding Harmful Forms of Bias and Bigotry and The Allure of Premeditated Murder: Why Some People Plan to Kill. Levin has also published more than 250 articles and columns in professional journals, books, magazines, and newspapers, such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Christian Science Monitor, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and USA Today.  Levin was honored by the Massachusetts Council for Advancement and Support of Education as its “Professor of the Year” and by the American Sociological Association for his contributions to the public understanding of sociology. He has also received awards from the Eastern Sociological Society, New England Sociological Association, Association of Clinical and Applied Sociology, and Society for the Study of Social Problems. Moreover, he has spoken to a wide variety of community, academic, and professional groups, including the White House Conference on Hate Crimes, the Department of Justice, OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (a membership of 59 countries), and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

useful contexts but a heavy USA bias, which might be misleading to UK students

• THE SOCIOLOGICAL EYEJust How Powerful Is a Role?Better Late Than NeverHeartburn and Modern TimesFOCUS: Suggestions for Further ReadingDEVELOPING IDEAS: About Social StructurePART I. CultureINTRODUCTIONThe Immaculate AmericansBaby BoomersThe Demise of Bystander ApathyElevator CultureMaking Monsters into Celebrities (with James Alan Fox)FOCUS: Suggestions for Further ReadingDEVELOPING IDEAS: About CulturePART II. SocializationINTRODUCTIONCan Hate Be Healed? (with Arnold Arluke)Teaching Students They Are Not at the CenterConfessions of a Soap Opera AddictViolence in City Schools (with Heather Beth Johnson)Sticks and Stones May Break . . .Adult Socialization Can Be MurderFOCUS: Suggestions for Further ReadingDEVELOPING IDEAS: About SocializationPART III. The Group ExperienceINTRODUCTIONCollege Fraternities: A Counteracting Force on CampusThe Appeal of CultsReunion, American StyleThe Consequences of CoalitionsChildren of the Organization MenThwarting the BulliesFOCUS: Suggestions for Further ReadingDEVELOPING IDEAS: About the Group ExperiencePART IV. InstitutionsINTRODUCTIONWho’s Minding the Kids?Let the System Do It!Americans Are Moving to the Margins of SocietyDirty WorkFOCUS: Suggestions for Further ReadingDEVELOPING IDEAS: About InstitutionsPART V. DevianceINTRODUCTIONFat Chance in a Slim WorldYou Must Get Ill First; Then You RecoverIs the Death Penalty Only a Vehicle for Revenge?Animal Cruelty and Human Violence (with Arnold Arluke)America’s Youngsters Are Responsible for Church BurningsKeeping Children Safe from Sex CrimesFOCUS: Suggestions for Further ReadingDEVELOPING IDEAS: About DeviancePART VI. Social InequalityINTRODUCTIONThe Economic EscalatorAn Apple Pie and an Open MindProfiling Terrorists (with Deborah Ramirez)Gender Inequality Across CulturesGive Us Still Your MassesThe Stigma of AgingFOCUS: Suggestions for Further ReadingDEVELOPING IDEAS: About Social InequalityPART VII. Social ChangeINTRODUCTIONThe Boomerang Effect in Planning Social ChangeFadsKeeping an Eye and a Camera on College StudentsRiding the Rumor MillHighway to Hell?Enquiring TimesTerror American StyleFOCUS: Suggestions for Further ReadingDEVELOPING IDEAS: About Social ChangeINTO THE FUTUREReferencesIndex