Senseless Violence and Its Ramifications

The baby boomer generation grew up in the 1950s when there existed the general belief that the Cold War was the greatest threat to the world order and a frightening possibility. It was difficult to believe then that it could get worse but the same threat of violence is now a daily occurrence around the globe. People are being shot slaughtered maimed and disappear for a multitude of reasons none having any connection most of the time with the victims. The scale of loss when these tragedies occur is devastating leaving the public as well as policy makers and legislators scrambling for solutions clarification and understanding of how we have become a society where violence is so rampant so frequent and so senseless. This book includes contributions by leading experts on violence and its ramifications who review the devastation reasons and consequences of violence which is senseless cruel and aims to hurt and destroy anyone in its path. This book was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Psychology. . Language: English