Perspectives on Violence and Violent Death

This book examines violence. It looks at the nature and types of violence, the causes of violence, and the emotional wake left by violent episodes. In the twentieth century, the world experienced two world wars and countless other wars. Many millions died violent deaths from murder, death squads, purges, riots, revolutions, ethnic cleansing, rape, robbery, domestic violence, suicide, gang violence, terrorist acts, genocide, and in many other ways. As we entered the twenty-first century, we experienced 9/11, the Red Lake School deaths, suicide bombers, and more mass death brought about by the actions of governments, revolutionaries, terrorists, and still more wars. The need to better understand violence, both lethal and non-lethal, to become aware of the many forms of violence, and to learn how to survive in the aftermath of violent death are the focus of "Perspectives on Violence and Violent Death."

Dr Robert Stevenson is a consultant historian who served in the Australian Regular Army before joining the staff at the University of New South Wales, Canberra, and later working with the Official History project at the Australian War Memorial. His doctoral thesis was a joint winner of the Australian Army History Unit's CEW Bean Prize in 2011. His most recent major publication, The War with Germany, was published as part of The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War and was shortlisted for the Australian History Prize in the Prime Minister's Literary Awards for 2016.

Preface Acknowledgments PART I Introduction-The Nature of Violence Chapter 1 Good Violence/Bad Violence:Its Impact on Children and Suggested Responses Robert G. Stevenson Chapter 2 Violence in the Family: Spirituality/Religion as Culprit and Comfort Reverend Richard B. Gilbert Chapter 3 Conflict and Violence Within the Workplace: An Existentialist Analysis Neil Thompson Chapter 4 Violence and the Dehumanization of Victims in Auschwitz and Beyond: Remembering Through Literature Gregory Paul Wegner Chapter 5 Religious Violence and Weapons of Mass Destruction Timothy Kullman PART II Encounters with Violence Chapter 6 Resisting the Magnet: A Study of South African Children's Engagements with Neighborhood Violence Jenny Parkes Chapter 7 Silent Night, Violent Night: An Encounter With Unexpected Violence Carr Maher Chapter 8 Hispanic Families and Mass Casualties: The First 48 Hours Fernando Cabrera Chapter 9 Grief and Guilt in the Military Carr Maher PART III Empirical Studies Chapter 10 Characteristics of Homicide: Victimization Across the Life Span Kimberly A. Vogt Chapter 11 Grief and Attachment Within the Context of Family Violence Kimberly A. Rapoza and Kathleen Malley-Morrison Chapter 12 Bereavement Following Violent Death: An Assault on Life and Meaning Joseph M. Currier, Jason M. Holland, Rachel A. Coleman, and Robert A. Neimeyer Chapter 13 Violence in Our Own Backyard: September 11th Revisited Barbara Melamed PART IV Alternatives to Violence/Coping with Violence Chapter 14 Making and Breaking Cycles of Violence Colin Murray Parkes Chapter 15 Coping with Violent Death: The Role of Spirituality Gerry R. Cox Chapter 16 From Violence to Peace: Posthomicide Memorials Inge Corless and Phyllis R. Silverman Chapter 17 Talk it Out! Walk it Out! Wait it Out! Take Ten: An Intercultural Approach to Creating Safer Schools Kim Overdyke and Jay Caponigro Appendix A Violence: A Statement of Assumptions and Principles (IWG) Appendix B Summary of Guidelines, Protocols, and Procedures Appendix C Bibliography Dick Gilbert Contributors Index