Preventing Violence
Violence is most often addressed in moral and legal terms: "How evil is this action, and how much punishment does it deserve?" Unfortunately, this way of thinking, the basis for our legal and political institutions, does nothing to shed light on the causes of violence. Violent criminals have been Gilligan's teachers, and he has been their student. Prisons are microcosms of the societies in which they exist, and by examining them in detail, we can learn about society as a whole. Gilligan...
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"In this book, the American psychiatrist James Gilligan proposes a radically new way of thinking about violence and how best to prevent it. Violence is most often addressed in moral and legal terms: 'How evil is this action, and how much punishment does it deserve?' Unfortunately, this way of thinking - the basis for our legal and political institutions - does nothing to shed light on the causes of violence." "Violent criminals have been Gilligan's teachers and he has been their student. Prisons are microcosms of the societies in which they exist, and examining them in detail, we can learn about society as a whole. Gilligan suggests treating violence as a public health problem. He advocates initiating radical social and economic change to attack the root causes of violence, focusing on those at increased risk of becoming violent, and dealing with those who are already violent as if they were in quarantine, rather than simply incarcerating them for reasons of punishment and revenge." "The twentieth century was steeped in violence. If we try to understand the violence of individuals, we may come to prevent the collective violence that threatens our future far more than all the individual crimes put together."--BOOK JACKET.
Introduction: Two Approaches to Preventing Violence7Ch. 1Shame and Death of the Self29Ch. 2The Social Causes of Violence38Ch. 3Violence as Proof of Masculinity56Ch. 4A New Theory of Violence66Ch. 5How to Create Less Violent Societies80Ch. 6Secondary Prevention: Early Intervention107Ch. 7Tertiary Prevention: Therapeutic Intervention114Ch. 8Who Benefits from Violence?131Select Bibliography and Sources139Index142
