Violence: The Enduring Problem

Review

"Violence: The Enduring Problem is a readable, sensible presentation of the current state of the field. It gives balanced coverage of both street violence and political violence. The most holistic text currently available." -- Christopher W. Mullins"This textbook is a powerful broad-spectrum resource on violence in the United States and around the world." -- Rochelle Rowley"A well-written text that explores the wide array of issues in violent crime." -- Kristine Levan"The textbook is easy to understand, comprehensive, and highlights the current state of violence research." -- Egbert Zavala"A good examination of violence from a generally non-interpersonal focus." -- Carolyn Slotten"I do enjoy this text and have used it multiple times…I would describe it as comprehensive enough to give a good overview of different types of violence but in-depth enough to do most of the justice." -- Monica Merrill"Very good book that is highly accessible and very detailed." -- Gary Maynard

The most holistic text currently available

Alex Alvarez, PhD, is a professor in the department of criminology and criminal justice atNorthern Arizona University. From 2001 until 2003, he was the founding director of theMartin-Springer Institute for Teaching the Holocaust, Tolerance, and Humanitarian Values.In 2017–2018, he served as the Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Holocaust andGenocide Studies at Stockton University. His first book, Governments, Citizens, and Genocide,was published by Indiana University Press in 2001. His other books include Murder AmericanStyle (2002), Genocidal Crimes (2009), Native America and the Question of Genocide (2014), andUnsteady Ground: Climate Change, Conflict, and Genocide (2017). He has also served as an editorfor the journal Violence and Victims, was a founding coeditor of the journal Genocide Studiesand Prevention, and is an editor for Genocide Studies International. He has been invited to speakand present his research across North America and Europe.Ronet D. Bachman, PhD, worked as a statistician at the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S.Department of Justice, before going back to an academic career; she is now a professor in theDepartment of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. She is coauthorof Statistical Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice and coeditor of Explaining Criminalsand Crime: Essays in Contemporary Criminal Theory. In addition, she is the author of Death andViolence on the Reservation and coauthor of Stress, Culture, and Aggression; Murder AmericanStyle; and Violence: The Enduring Problem, along with numerous articles and papers that examinethe epidemiology and etiology of violence, with particular emphasis on women, the elderly,and minority populations as well as research examining desistance from crime. Her most recentfederally funded research was a mixed-methods study that examined the long-term desistancetrajectories of criminal justice involved drug-involved individuals who have been followed withboth quantitative and interview data for nearly thirty years. Her current state-funded research isassessing the needs of violent crime victims, especially those whose voices are rarely heard suchas loved ones of homicide victims.