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Jack Levin is the Brudnick Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at Northeastern University, where he codirects its Center on Violence and Conflict. He has authored or coauthored more than 30 books, most recently The Violence of Hate: Understanding Harmful Forms of Bias and Bigotry and The Allure of Premeditated Murder: Why Some People Plan to Kill. Levin has also published more than 250 articles and columns in professional journals, books, magazines, and newspapers, such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Christian Science Monitor, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and USA Today. Levin was honored by the Massachusetts Council for Advancement and Support of Education as its "Professor of the Year" and by the American Sociological Association for his contributions to the public understanding of sociology. He has also received awards from the Eastern Sociological Society, New England Sociological Association, Association of Clinical and Applied Sociology, and Society for the Study of Social Problems. Moreover, he has spoken to a wide variety of community, academic, and professional groups, including the White House Conference on Hate Crimes, the Department of Justice, OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (a membership of 59 countries), and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

THE SOCIOLOGICAL EYE Just How Powerful Is a Role? Better Late Than Never Heartburn and Modern Times FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Social Structure PART I. Culture INTRODUCTION The Immaculate Americans Baby Boomers The Demise of Bystander Apathy Elevator Culture Making Monsters into Celebrities (with James Alan Fox) FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Culture PART II. Socialization INTRODUCTION Can Hate Be Healed? (with Arnold Arluke) Teaching Students They Are Not at the Center Confessions of a Soap Opera Addict Violence in City Schools (with Heather Beth Johnson) Sticks and Stones May Break . . . Adult Socialization Can Be Murder FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Socialization PART III. The Group Experience INTRODUCTION College Fraternities: A Counteracting Force on Campus The Appeal of Cults Reunion, American Style The Consequences of Coalitions Children of the Organization Men Thwarting the Bullies FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading DEVELOPING IDEAS: About the Group Experience PART IV. Institutions INTRODUCTION Who's Minding the Kids? Let the System Do It! Americans Are Moving to the Margins of Society Dirty Work FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Institutions PART V. Deviance INTRODUCTION Fat Chance in a Slim World You Must Get Ill First; Then You Recover Is the Death Penalty Only a Vehicle for Revenge? Animal Cruelty and Human Violence (with Arnold Arluke) America's Youngsters Are Responsible for Church Burnings Keeping Children Safe from Sex Crimes FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Deviance PART VI. Social Inequality INTRODUCTION The Economic Escalator An Apple Pie and an Open Mind Profiling Terrorists (with Deborah Ramirez) Gender Inequality Across Cultures Give Us Still Your Masses The Stigma of Aging FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Social Inequality PART VII. Social Change INTRODUCTION The Boomerang Effect in Planning Social Change Fads Keeping an Eye and a Camera on College Students Riding the Rumor Mill Highway to Hell? Enquiring Times Terror American Style FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Social Change INTO THE FUTURE References Index