Debra L. Martinis professor of biological anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Caryn E. Tegtmeyer is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

An engaging collection of papers concerning a health condition that many bioarchaeologists will have encountered but may not have formally identified. The cultural contexts of the studies are quite varied, and this helps to illustrate the different circumstances in which injury recidivism may occur.... I hope this stimulating volume encourages scholarly attention to these areas.

• Introduction, by Caryn E. Tegtmeyer and Debra L. MartinChapter 1: Injury Recidivism Revisited: Clinical Research, Limitations and Implications for Bioarchaeology, by Margaret JuddPart I: Prehistoric Case Studies of Injury RecidivismChapter 2:Socializing Violence: Interpersonal Violence Recidivism at Abu Fatima (Sudan), by Sarah A. Schrader and Stuart Tyson SmithChapter 3: Cranial Trauma and Victimization among Ancestral Pueblo Farmers of the Northern San Juan Region, by Kristin A. KuckelmanChapter 4: Injury and Re-injury among the Ancestral Pueblo and Fremont, by Ryan P. Harrod, Alyssa Willett, Meaghan Kincaid, Aaron WoodsPart II: Historic Case Studies of Injury RecidivismChapter 5: Disease, Trauma & Stigma: Did Chronic Infection with Syphilis Influence Experiences of Trauma and Recidivistic Trauma in Post-Medieval London? by Molly K. Zuckerman, Michelle Davenport, Petra Banks, and Ryan KingChapter 6: Evaluating the Evidence for Injury Recidivism in Two Parish Communities from Industrial-era London, by Derek A. Boyd and Colleen F. MilliganChapter 7: Sugar and Suffering: A Case Study on Injury Recidivism, Overall Health, and Structural Violence from the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, by Sarah A. Mathena and Molly K. ZuckermanChapter 8: The Bioarchaeology of Violence Recidivism and Labor Abuse in 19th Century Chinese by Ryan P. Harrod and John J. CrandallChapter 9: Fractured Lives: Structural Violence, Trauma, and Recidivism in Urban and Industrialized 19th-Century-Born African Americans and Euro-Americans, by Carlina de la CovaPart III: Contemporary Case Studies of Injury RecidivismChapter 10: An Exploration of Skeletal Evidence of Injury Recidivism in Cases of Transients and Homelessness from Northern California, by Julia R. Prince-Buitenhuys, Heather L. MacInnes, Colleen F. Milligan, and Eric J. BartelinkChapter 11: Homicide in Sin City: Patterns of Violent Death and Injury Recidivism in Clark County, NV, by Caryn E. Tegtmeyer, Debra L. Martin, and William GazzaChapter 12: A Life History of Skeletal Trauma: Cases from a Medical Examiner’s Office, by Jennifer C. Love and Sharon M. DerrickConclusion, by Debra L. Martin and Caryn E. TegtmeyerAbout the Contributors