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. 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. 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.
Key Features
- Insights from leading experts on violence.
- Explores the reasons and consequences of senseless violence.
- Originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Psychology.
Additional Information
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.
