The Causes and Consequences of Group Violence: From Bullies to Terrorists offers a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation of the causes and consequences of violence, ranging from bullying and hate crimes to revolutions, genocide, and acts of terrorism. Editors James Hawdon, John Ryan, and Mark Lucht bring together empirical investigations of these specific types of violence as well as theoretical discussions of the underlying similarities and differences among them. Focusing on both the perpetrators and targets of violence, The Causes and Consequences of Group Violencethis book is a valuable resource for sociologists, criminologists, political scientists, behavioral scientists, peace studies scholars, and psychologists.
Introduction: Working toward Understanding Group Violence, James Hawdon and John Ryan Part 1: Perpetrators of Group Violence Chapter 1: On the Forms and Nature of Group Violence, James Hawdon Chapter 2: Hate Groups: From Offline to Online Social Identifications, Atte Oksanen, Pekka Rasanen, and James Hawdon Chapter 3: Violence and Street Groups: Gangs, Groups, and Violence, David Kennedy Chapter 4: Intergroup Contact and Genocide, Wenona Rymond-Richmond Chapter 5: Group Violence against the State: The Hindsight Story of the Thirty-Year War in Sri Lanka, Tharindi Udalagama and Premakumara de Silva Chapter 6: (Non)Violence and Conflict: A Theoretical Assessment of Civil Resistance and the Syrian Conflict, Jeanne Chang and Alec Clott Chapter 7: Killing Before an Audience: Terrorism and Group Violence, Mark Juergensmeyer Part 2: Victims of Group Violence Chapter 8: Gender, Weight, and Inequality Associated with School Bullying, Anthony Peguero and Lindsay Kahle Chapter 9: Victims of Hate Groups: American Youth's Exposure to Online Hate Speech, James Hawdon, Atte Oksanen, and Pekka Rasanen Chapter 10: Selecting Targets: The Influence of Judgments, Mobility and Gender on Intragroup Violence among Tamil Refugees, Christian Matteis, Virginia Roach, Michelle Sutherland, and James Hawdon Part 3: Consequences of Group Violence Chapter 11: Consequences of Group Violence involving Youth in Sri Lanka, Siri Hettige Chapter 12: Gender Dimensions of Group Violence, Donna Pankhurst Chapter 13: Communities: Examining Psychological, Sociological, and Cultural Consequences after Mass Violence Tragedies, Pekka Rasanen, Atte Oksanen and James Hawdon Part 4: Reflections on Group Violence Chapter 14: Group Violence Revisited: Common Themes across Types of Group Violence, James Hawdon Chapter 15: Humanistic Reflections on Understanding Group Violence, Marc Lucht
