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Lauer: Social Problems and the Quality of Life
Social Problems and the Quality of Life, 8/e
Robert H. Lauer, U.S. International University
Jeanette C. Lauer, U.S. International University
Violence

Chapter Outline


What Is Violence?

  1. How Much Violence Is There?

Violence and the Quality of Life

  1. Human Injury and Destruction
  2. Psychological Disruption and Dehumanization
  3. Violence as Seductive Self-Destruction
  4. Economic Costs

Contributing Factors

  1. Social Structural Factors
  2. Norms
  3. Political Arrangements
  4. The Politics of Gun Control

    5. INVOLVEMENT: Violently Opposed to Violence
  5. The Stratification System
    1. Attitudes
    2. Values
    3. Role of the Mass Media

What Is to Be Done?

The Violence of Rape

  1. Number and Characteristics of Victims

Rape and the Quality of Life

  1. Emotional Trauma

    2. VOICES: I Feel Guilty
  2. Physical Abuse

Contributing Factors

  1. Social Structural Factors
  2. Social Psychological Factors

    3. GLOBAL COMPARISONS: Correlates of Sexual Abuse Among Taiwanese College Students

What is to be Done?

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