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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Hans TochPublisher: American Psychological Association Imprint: American Psychological Association Edition: 25th Anniversary Edition Weight: 0.560kg ISBN: 9781433827839ISBN 10: 1433827832 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 19 June 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsForeword to the 25th Anniversary Edition Foreword to the 1992 Edition Preface Acknowledgments Part I. Violent Men Chapter 1. Study Description Chapter 2. The Violent Incident as a Unit of Study: Motives for Police Assaults Chapter 3. The Violent Incident in Its Personal Context Chapter 4. The Intersection of Perspectives of Violence Chapter 5. The Violence-Prone Person: A Typology Chapter 6. The Anatomy of Violence Chapter 7. Collective Violence Chapter 8. Some Implications Part I. Appendix: Code for Interpersonal Situations Resulting in Violence Against Police Officers Part II. Contemporary Applications Chapter 9. Risk Assessment and Violence: Implications of the Interactionist Perspective Abhishek Jain, Edward P. Mulvey, and Shadd Maruna Chapter 10. Analysis of Violent Incidents in the Community and in the Hospital: Use in Prevention, Treatment, and Training Gary R. VandenBos Part II. Appendix: Excerpts From the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing References Index About the AuthorReviewsOffers not only scholarly research on violence, but also a sense of the humanity of its subject... should be considered a key and core addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library Psychology and Criminology collections and supplemental studies reading lists. --Midwest Book Review “Offers not only scholarly research on violence, but also a sense of the humanity of its subject… should be considered a key and core addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library Psychology and Criminology collections and supplemental studies reading lists.” —Midwest Book Review Offers not only scholarly research on violence, but also a sense of the humanity of its subject…should be considered a key and core addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library Psychology and Criminology collections and supplemental studies reading lists. * Midwest Book Review * Author InformationHans Toch, PhD, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University at Albany of the State University of New York, where he is affiliated with the School of Criminal Justice. He obtained his PhD in social psychology at Princeton University, has taught at Michigan State University and Harvard University, and in 1996, served as the Walker-Ames Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. Dr. Toch is a fellow of both APA and the American Society of Criminology. In 1996, he acted as president of the American Association of Correctional Psychology. He is a recipient of the Hadley Cantril Memorial Award (for Men in Crisis), the August Vollmer Award of the American Society of Criminology for outstanding contributions to applied criminology, the Prix DeGreff from the International Society of Criminology for Distinction in Clinical Criminology, and the Research Award of the International Corrections and Prison Association. Dr. Toch's research interests range from mental health problems and the psychology of violence to issues of organizational reform and planned change. His books include The Social Psychology of Social Movements (1965, 2013); Reforming Human Services: Change Through Participation (with J. Douglas Grant, 1982); Living in Prison: The Ecology of Survival (1992); Mosaic of Despair: Human Breakdowns in Prison (1992); The Disturbed Violent Offender (Rev. ed., with Kenneth Adams, 1994); Police Violence (with William Geller, 1996); Corrections: A Humanistic Approach (1997); Crime and Punishment (with Robert Johnson, 2000); Acting Out: Maladaptive Behavior in Confinement (with Kenneth Adams, 2002); Stress in Policing (2002); Police as Problem Solvers: How Frontline Workers Can Promote Organizational and Community Change (2005); Cop Watch: Spectators, Social Media, and Police Reform (2012); and Organizational Change Through Individual Empowerment: Applying Social Psychology in Prisons and Policing (2014). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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