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Book SynopsisThis special, 25th Anniversary Edition of Violent Men confronts recent debates over police violence, describes new clinical applications, and offers reflections from preeminent scholars on the widespread impact and enduring power of Dr. Toch’s classic work. This seminal book offers an insightful portrait of chronic predatory offenders, problem police officers, and others with a demonstrated propensity for violent conduct. Dr. Toch explores the personal motives, attitudes, assumptions, and perceptions of men who are recurrently violent.
- How patterned and consistent is the violence of such men?
- What are the dynamics of their escalating encounters?
- What personal dispositions and orientations are most apt to lead to violence?
- What can these observations tell us about the nature of human interaction, and violence itself?
Violent Men offers not only scholarly research on violence, but also a sense of the
Trade Review“Offers not only scholarly research on violence, but also a sense of the humanity of its subject… should be considered a key and core addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library Psychology and Criminology collections and supplemental studies reading lists.” —
Midwest Book ReviewOffers not only scholarly research on violence, but also a sense of the humanity of its subject…should be considered a key and core addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library Psychology and Criminology collections and supplemental studies reading lists.
* Midwest Book Review *
Table of ContentsForeword to the 25th Anniversary Edition
Foreword to the 1992 Edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Violent Men Chapter 1. Study Description
Chapter 2. The Violent Incident as a Unit of Study: Motives for Police Assaults
Chapter 3. The Violent Incident in Its Personal Context
Chapter 4. The Intersection of Perspectives of Violence
Chapter 5. The Violence-Prone Person: A Typology
Chapter 6. The Anatomy of Violence
Chapter 7. Collective Violence
Chapter 8. Some Implications
Part I. Appendix: Code for Interpersonal Situations Resulting in Violence Against Police Officers
Part II. Contemporary Applications Chapter 9. Risk Assessment and Violence: Implications of the Interactionist Perspective
Abhishek Jain, Edward P. Mulvey, and Shadd Maruna
Chapter 10. Analysis of Violent Incidents in the Community and in the Hospital: Use in Prevention, Treatment, and Training
Gary R. VandenBos
Part II. Appendix: Excerpts From the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing
References
Index
About the Author
