GENERAL

Savage Pastimes: A cultural history of violent entertainment by Harold Schechter. Our culture’s gory past and how it compares to today. 303.6 Schechter

Regarding the pain of others by Susan Sontag. A reappraisal of how we view violence, war, and disaster. 303.6 Sontag

Is Religion Killing Us?: Violence in the Bible and the Quran by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer. 291.5697 Nelson-Pallmeyer

FAMILY VIOLENCE

Insult to Injury: Rethinking our responses to intimate abuse by Linda G. Mills. A paradigm-shifting look at dealing with abusive relationships. 362.8292 Mills

Invisible Scars: How to stop, change or end psychological abuse by Catharine Dowda. NEW 362.8292 Dowda

Healing the trauma of domestic violence : A workbook for women by Edward S. Kubany et al. 362.8292 Kubany

Beyond Bruises: The truth about teens and abuse by Sherri Mabry. For Teens. Children’s

CHILDREN and VIOLENCE

Killing Monsters: Why children need fantasy, super heroes, and make-believe violence by Gerard Jones. 303.6 Jones

Children Who See Too Much by Betsy McAlister Groves. Presenting steps for creating a safer world for kids who observe violence. 303.6 Groves

Lost Boys: Why our sons turn violent and how we can save them by James Gabarino. 303.6 Garbarino

Sugar and Spice and no longer nice: How we can stop girls’ violence by Deborah Prothrow-Stith. 303.6 Prothrow-Stith

See Jane Hit: Why girls are growing more violent and what can be done about it by James Gabarino. 303.6 Garbarino

Books, Blackboards, and Bullets: School shootings and violence in America by Marcel Lebrun. NEW 371.7 Lebrun

Why Kids Kill: Inside the minds of school shooters by Peter Langman. NEW 371.7 Langman

Ceremonial Violence: A psychological explanation of school shootings by Jonathan Fast. 371.7 Fast

BULLYING

Your Child Bully or Victim?: Understanding and ending schoolyard tyranny by Peter Sheras with Sherill Tippins. 649.125 Sheras

The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander: From Pre-School to High School: How parents can help break the cycle of violence. by Barbara Coloroso. 371.102 Coloroso

Cyber bullying : Protecting kids and adults from online bullies by Samuel C. McQuade et al. 371.1 McQuade

Bullying beyond the schoolyard : Preventing and responding to cyberbullying by Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin. 371.7 Hinduja

VIOLENCE and the MEDIA

Grand Theft Childhood: The surprising truth about violent video games and what parents should know by Lawrence Kutner. Parent’s Shelf 302.23 Kutner

Media Violence by David M. Haugen and Susan Musser, eds. Especially for teens, a book presenting opposing viewpoints. Children’s 303.6 Media

The Other Parent: The inside story of the media’s effect on our children by James P. Steyer. Parent’s Shelf 302.23 Steyer

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