Description
Understanding and Dealing with Violence: A Multicultural Approach situates violence within a social, cultural, and historical context. Edited by distinguished scholars Barbara C. Wallace and Robert T. Carter, this unique volume explores historical factors, socialization influences, and the historical and contemporary dynamics between the oppressed and the oppressor. State-of-the-art research guides a diverse group of psychologists, educators, policy-makers, religious leaders, community members, victims, and perpetrators in finding viable solutions to violence.
Table of Contents
I. Understanding and Dealing with Violence Through a Psychology of Oppression, Liberation, and Identity Development
1. A Multicultural Approach to Violence: Toward a Psychology of Oppression, Liberation, and Identity Development - Barbara C. Wallace
2. Identity Development for "Diverse and Different Others": Integrating Stages of Change, Motivational Interviewing, and Identity Theories for Race, People of Color, Sexual Orientation, and Disability - Barbara C. Wallace, Robert T. Carter, Jose E. Nanin, Richard Keller, & Vanessa Alleyne
II. Understanding and Dealing with Hate, Hate Crimes, and Hate Violence
3. Understanding and Dealing with Spiritual Violence: Preaching, Testifying, and Gandhi's Satyagrapha as Tools in the Queer Social Justice Movement' - Karla Fleshman
4. The Psychological Spectrum of Prejudice: Challenges in Assessment and Intervention with Persons Who Hate and Harm - Edward Dunbar
5. Genderism, Transphobia, and Gender-Bashing: A Framework for Interpreting Anti-Transgender Violence - Darryl Hill
6. Perceived Racism, Racial Environments, and Hate Violence Against Asian Americans - Eric L. Kohatsu & Toshi Sasao
III. Understanding and Dealing with Violence in University Settings
7. Developing Men's Leadership to Challenge Sexism and Violence: Working in University Settings to Develop "Pro-Feminist, Gay-Affirmative, and Male-Positive" Men - Tom Schiff
8. Sexual Violence Against African American Women: General and Cultural Factors Influencing Rape Treatment and Prevention Strategies in University Settings - Helen A. Neville, Mary J. Heppner, & Lisa B. Spanierman
9. Preparing Teachers to Recognize and Confront Symbolic Violence in Bilingual Education: Understanding and Dealing with Violence Against Latino Youth - Maria Torres-Guzman
IV. Understanding and Dealing With Youth Violence
10. African American Males Living in Violent Communities: Coping with Interpersonal, Assaultive Violence - Elizabeth Sparks
11. Conflict Resolution Approaches to the Reduction of Adolescent Violence: Collaborative Problem Solving, Negotiation, and Peer Mediation Initiatives - Maria Volpe & Delores Jones-Brown
V. Understanding and Dealing with International Victims of Violence and Torture
12. Political Torture in South Africa: Psychological Considerations in the Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Survivors - Ashraf Kagee
13. Despair, Resilience, and the Meaning of Family: Group Therapy with French-Speaking African Survivors of Torture - Hawthorne Smith
