Understanding+preventing Violence,v.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.National Research Council Staff is the author of 'Understanding+preventing Violence,v.4' with ISBN 9780309050791 and ISBN 0309050790.