Violence, Inequality, and Human Freedom is a sociological introduction to the study of violence that looks at violence on three different levels-structural, institutional, and interpersonal. The third edition is updated throughout, including a new chapter on educational violence and revised sections on economic and international violence.

There is no limit to the number of crimes--including acts of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, piracy, drug smuggling, governmental corruption and illegal intelligence gathering--committed by various national governments. In STATE CRIME, the volume editors gather together some of the best new research on state transgressions, in addition to asking senior scholars to reflect on their past research and bring it up to date.The first section of the book features a well-rounded set of cases exemplifying state criminality, including an examination of the Holocaust through a criminological framework, and a look at the illegal aggressions committed by the US army in Iraq. The second section of the book focuses on various methods for controlling these governmental transgressions, including domestic legal sanctions and also international enforcers such as the International Court of Human Rights. Contributors to this section of the book examine worldwide policies, such as the international rule against the assassination of regime elites regardless of the acts of aggression and criminality committed by them. The book taps into a previously overloked area that is most relevant for understanding what policies or responses to governmental crime would be most effective in constraining the worst acts. Contributors include leading scholars in criminology such as Ray Michalowski, David Friedrichs, and Peter Iadicola.

There is no limit to the number of crimes--including acts of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, piracy, drug smuggling, governmental corruption and illegal intelligence gathering--committed by various national governments. In STATE CRIME, the volume editors gather together some of the best new research on state transgressions, in addition to asking senior scholars to reflect on their past research and bring it up to date.The first section of the book features a well-rounded set of cases exemplifying state criminality, including an examination of the Holocaust through a criminological framework, and a look at the illegal aggressions committed by the US army in Iraq. The second section of the book focuses on various methods for controlling these governmental transgressions, including domestic legal sanctions and also international enforcers such as the International Court of Human Rights. Contributors to this section of the book examine worldwide policies, such as the international rule against the assassination of regime elites regardless of the acts of aggression and criminality committed by them. The book taps into a previously overloked area that is most relevant for understanding what policies or responses to governmental crime would be most effective in constraining the worst acts. Contributors include leading scholars in criminology such as Ray Michalowski, David Friedrichs, and Peter Iadicola.

Violence: The Enduring Problem, by Alex Alvarez and Ronet Bachman *Paper, Sage 2007, $52.95, 360 pg. (9781412916851), 124 PA, 75 BS, Pubtrack Spring & Summer 2007 -- Fall 2011: 1120 new units (714 used) *Focuses on violent crime, less discussion of international or structural violence. Violence and Society, edited by Matthew Silberman *Paper, Prentice Hall, 2002, $82.80, 364 pg. (9780130967732), 27 PA, 57 BS, Pubtrack Spring & Summer 2007 -- Fall 2011: 272 new units (214 used) *A reader that looks at many kinds of violence. Criminal Violence: Patterns, Causes, and Prevention, by Marc Riedel and Wayne Welch *2nd edition, Paper, Oxford, 2007, $49.95, 400 pg (9780195332483), 61 PA, 174 BS, Pubtrack Spring & Summer 2007 -- Fall 2011: 1654 new units (1086 used) *3rd edition, Oxford, 2011, $54.95, 384 pg., (978-0199738786). Pubtrack Fall 2010 -- Fall 2011: 507 new units (153 used) *Only discusses criminal violence, not the full range of individual and structural violence that our book includes. Violence and Nonviolence: Pathways to Understanding, by Gregg Barak *Paper, Sage, 2003, $69.9 5, 360 pg (9780761926962), 116 PA, 145 BS, Pubtrack Spring & Summer 2007 -- Fall 2011: 276 new units (336 used) *We are publishing a second edition of this book in spring 2013. Promote together?

This insightful work examines such issues as cultural roots of violence, interpersonal violence, economic violence, religious violence, state violence and other.