Understanding and Preventing Violence, Volume 4

This book analyzes the consequences of violence and strategies for controlling them. Included are reviews of public perceptions and reactions to violence; estimates of the costs; the commonalities and complementarities of criminal justice and public health responses; efforts to reduce violence through the prediction and classification of violent offenders; and the relationships between trends in violence and prison population during a period of greatly increased use of incarceration.Table of ContentsFront MatterPublic Perceptions and Reactions to Violent Offending and VictimizationThe Costs and Consequences of Violent Behavior in the United StatesViolence and Intentional Injuries: Criminal Justice and Public Health Perspectives on an Urgent National ProblemPredicting Violent Behavior and Classifying Violent OffendersIncarceration and Violent Crime: 1965-1988Index