1st Edition

Collective Violence Effective Strategies for Assessing and Intervening in Fatal Group and Institutional Aggression

By Harold V. Hall Copyright 1998
    758 Pages
    by Routledge

    Collective Violence: Effective Strategies for Assessing and Intervening in Fatal Group and Institutional Aggression explores the variety of groups and institutions explicitly committed to destructive aggression. Topics addressed include population groups which pursue their own specialized forms of violence against others; culture-infecting and polluting themes which desensitize citizens and societal institutions to deadly force and preparations for catastrophic violence; and the role of our scientific establishment and the media in promoting culture-wide themes that justify, legalize, and reify violence.

    Introduction
    Collective Violence: Can We Reframe Our Priorities in Time? H.V. Hall
    Foundational Issues
    Violent Groups and Institutions in the United States, H.V. Hall
    Inhibiting Fatal Group and Institutional Aggression, L.C. Whitaker
    Violence, Viewing and Polarization: The Contribution of Violence in the Media and Some Solutions, L.L. Schwartz and R.G. Matzkin
    Modes of Juvenile Violence, R.F. Eme
    Juvenile Delinquency and Violent Crime, J.G. Poirier
    Women and Aggression, S.H. Barlow and C.J. Clayton
    Collective Violence by Private Groups and Institutions
    Cults: Predisposed to Communal Violence? L.L. Schwartz
    Hate Groups: Etiology and Intervention, C.J. Golden, M.L. Jackson, and T.A. Crum
    Principles of Group Violence with a Focus on Terrorism, C.J. Clayton, S.H. Barlow, and B. Ballif-Spanvill
    Profiling and Criminal Investigative Analysis of Violent Crimes with Multiple Perpetrators, D.L. Hinman and P.E. Cook
    Large Scale Hostage and Barricade Incidents: Implications for Negotiation Strategies and Training, T.B. Feldmann
    Collective Violence by Government Institutions
    Death by Institutional Violence, H.V. Hall
    Police Use of Deadly Force, H.Stock, R. Forum, and D.R. Baltzley
    Chemical and Biological Violence: Predictive Patterns in State and Terrorist Behavior, D.M. Paltin
    The Central Intelligence Agency and Lethal Violence, L.C. Whitaker
    Capital Punishment: Implications for Institutional Violence Versus Individual Rights, S.B. McPherson
    Synthesis and the Future
    Oppression by Science: The Intellectual Justification of Collective Violence, W.H. Tucker
    Satyagrapha and Gandhian Synthesis: A Strategy for Institutional Violence, L.A. Buck
    The Violent Community: A View from an Emerging Nation, S.W. Twemlow and F.C. Sacco
    The Urgent Task Ahead: Predictions and Recommendations for Preventing Collective Violence, H.V. Hall and L.C. Whitaker
    Appendices
    The Misuse of Psychological Techniques under United States Government Auspices: Interrogation and Terrorism Manuals, S.B. McPherson
    Phoenix Program, J.Doe
    Toward a Genocide Early Warning System, I.Charny and C. Rapaport
    Faciliating Assessment of Dangerousness Using Handwriting Characteristics, K. Iannetta

    Biography

    Harold V. Hall

    "This book is clearly the urgent call by the contributors, who, using tools of their professions, are trying with deep feeling to contribute something to the prevention of a lethal outcome for humanity. They ask, correctly, whether there is time in which we can reframe our priorities. To do so, the authors lead us through a fascinating but disturbing maze of the phenomena of violence in groups, institutions, and the media."
    -Israel W. Charny, Executive Director, Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide, Jerusalem , in the Preface to This Book
    "...a unique blend of outstanding experts from the forensic disciplines. Incorporating cutting edge topics confronted by the law enforcement community, these experts, with their varied backgrounds, have delved into the darkest sides of the human personality."
    -Lloyd E. Dean, FBI Special Agent (Retired) and Co-Founder, Threat Management Group, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky