Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-319) and index.
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pt. I. Introduction, the nature of violence -- 1. Good violence/bad violence : its impact on children and suggested responses / Robert G. Stevenson -- 2. Violence in the family : spirituality/religion as culprit and comfort / Richard B. Gilbert -- 3. Conflict and violence in the workplace : an existentialist analysis / Neil Thompson -- 4. Violence and the dehumanization of victims in Auschwitz and beyond : remembering through literature / Gregory Paul Wegner -- 5. Religious violence and weapons of mass destruction / Timothy Kullman -- pt. II. Encounters with violence -- 6. Resisting the magnet : a study of South African children's engagements with neighborhood violence / Jenny Parkes -- 7. Silent night, violent night : an encounter with unexpected violence / Carr Maher -- 8. Hispanic families and mass casualties : the first 48 hours / Fernando Cabrera -- 9. Grief and guilt in the military / Carr Maher -- pt. III. Empirical studies -- 10. Characteristics of homicide : victimization across the life span / Kimberly A. Vogt -- 11. Grief and attachment within the context of family violence / Kimberly A. Rapoza, Kathleen Malley-Morrison -- 12. Bereavement following violent death : an assault on life and meaning / Joseph M. Currier, Jason M. Holland, Rachel A. Coleman, Robert A. Neimeyer -- 13. Violence in our own backyard : September 11th revisited / Barbara Melamed -- pt. IV. Alternatives to violence/coping with violence -- 14. Making and breaking cycles of violence / Colin Murray Parkes -- 15. Coping with violent death : the role of spirituality / Gerry R. Cox -- 16. From violence to peace : posthomicide memorials / Inge B. Corless, Phyllis R. Silverman -- 17. Talk it out! Walk it out! Wait it out! Take ten : an intercultural approach to creating safer schools / Kim Overdyke, Jay Caponigro -- Appendix A. Violence : a statement of assumptions and principles (IWG) -- Appendix B. Summary of guidelines, protocols, and procedures -- Appendix C. Bibliography : perspectives on violence / Richard B. Gilbert.