Violence and Society

209 Pages·2011·1.918 MB·English

by  Larry J. Ray

VIOLENCE
& SOCIETY
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LARRY RAY
VIOLENCE
& SOCIETY
© Larry Ray 2011
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CONTENTS

List of Figures

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 What is Violence?

2 Origins of Violence

3 Violence, Bodies and Civilization

4 Spaces of Violence

5 Masculinities and Violence

6 Violence and the Private Sphere

7 Explaining Homicide

8 The Politics of ‘Hate Crime’

9 Modernity and the Holocaust

10 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1Human Prehistory
Figure 3.1Long Term Trends in Homicide Rates
Figure 4.1Production of Official Statistics
Figure 4.2Violent Crime Recorded by Police
Figure 4.3BCS Trends in Violent Crime 1981–2009
Figure 4.4Breakdown by Type of Violent Crime
Figure 6.1Domestic Violence Repeat Victimization Since Age 16
Figure 6.2Social Class Distribution of Domestic Violence
Figure 6.3Employment and Unemployment and Reporting Domestic Violence
Figure 6.4Ecological Model of Violence
Figure 7.1International Homicide Figures 2008–2009
Figure 7.2Homicide in England and Wales 1898–2008
Figure 7.3US Homicide and State Gini Coefficient
Figure 7.4US Homicide and State Infant Mortality
Figure 7.5Coefficients for Infant Mortality, Poverty and the Gini
Figure 8.1Racist Incidents Reported to the Police in England and Wales
Figure 8.2Model of Hate Offending
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Larry Ray has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, UK, since 1998 and is
Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. His research and publications extend across
social theory, globalization, post-communism, ethnonational conflict, music and cultural
memory, and the sociology of violence. Recent publications include Theorizing Classical
Sociology (Open University Press, 1999), Key Contemporary Social Theorists (co-edited
with Anthony Elliott, Blackwell, 2002), Social Theory and Postcommunism (with William
Outhwaite, Blackwell, 2005), and Globalization and Everyday Life (Routledge, 2007). In
addition he is currently working on social memory and Jewish cultural and musical revivals
and is President Elect of the British Association of Jewish Studies. He is also a member of the
Academy of Social Sciences.