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Bloom, a
physician, and Reichert, a psychologist were involved with a task force on
psychosocial causes of violence created by the Philadelphia chapter of the
Physicians for Social Responsibility, and both had extensive experience in
the field. They offer sorely needed insight, addressing the cycle of violence in
society by discussing some of the biological, psychological, social, and moral
issues that go into determining whether a person will end up as a victim,
perpetrator, or bystander. They also explore various aspects of trauma -- what
it does to the body, mind, emotions, and relationships -- and propose violence
prevention strategies.
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Bearing Witness: Violence and
Collective Responsibility,
co-authored by Sandra L.
Bloom, M.D. and Michael Reichert, Ph.D., addresses the cycle of violence by
discussing some of the biological, psychological, social and moral issues that
go into determining whether a person will end up as a victim, perpetrator, or
bystander to violent events and what happens to us when we are in one or all
three of these roles. The authors look at a number of intersecting factors that
play interdependent roles in creating a culture that promotes, supports and even
encourages violence. Bearing Witness delves into the various aspects of
trauma – what violence does to our bodies, our minds, our emotions, and our
relationships – before beginning to formulate proposals for initiating processes
that lead to problem solving. The authors than give an outline for reorganizing
society with the aim of establishing truly nonviolent communities. |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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Preface |
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Introduction |
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Statement
of Problem: Violence and Community |
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Pt. I |
A
Trauma-Organized Society? |
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Ch. 1 |
Looking at
the Numbers |
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Ch. 2 |
Traumatogenic Forces in Society |
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Childrearing Conditions and Practices |
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Disavowal
of Emotions and Emotional Numbing |
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Sexism |
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Gender,
Male Conditioning, and Violence |
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Injustice:
Poverty and Race |
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Social
Stress |
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Existential Confusion and the Problems of Evil |
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Ch. 3 |
Where
Violence Occurs |
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Violence
in the Family |
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Violence
in the Workplace |
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Violence
in the School |
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Violence
in the Church |
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Ch. 4 |
Active
Support for Violence |
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Firearms |
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Substance
Abuse |
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Pornography |
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Media
Violence |
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Ch. 5 |
Our
Response to Violence |
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Crime and
Punishment |
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Failure to
Protect: The Bystander Effect |
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Robopathology |
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Resiliency: Protective Factors |
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Summary: A
Trauma-Organized System |
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Pt. II |
Trauma
Theory |
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Ch. 6 |
Normal
Reactions to Abnormal Stress |
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Psychological Trauma Defined |
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The
Fight-or-Flight Response |
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Learned
Helplessness |
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Loss of
"Volume Control" |
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Thinking
Under Stress - Action Not Thought |
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Remembering Under Stress |
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Learning
and Trauma - State-Dependent Learning |
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Emotions
and Trauma - Dissociation |
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Health and
Trauma |
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Character
Change and Trauma |
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Looking
for an Antidote |
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Attachment
Behavior |
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Failure of
Attachment |
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Endorphins
and Attachment |
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Endorphins
and Stress - Addiction to Trauma |
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Trauma-Bonding |
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Traumatic
Reenactment |
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Issues of
Meaning and Spirituality |
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Trauma-Organized Systems |
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Changing
Patterns of Thought |
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Pt. III |
A Public
Health Approach |
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Ch. 7 |
Tertiary
Prevention: Fixing What Is Already Broken |
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Trauma-Based Principles for Intervention |
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Emergency
Prescription for the Body Politic |
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Healing as
Integration |
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Establishing Safety |
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Forgetting
the Past Means Repeating It |
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The Grief
That Does Not Speak ... |
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Reconnection |
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Ch. 8 |
Secondary
Prevention: Containing the Traumatic Infection |
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A Bill of
Rights for Children |
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Day Care
and Family Support |
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Dealing
with Family Violence |
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Sanctuary
in the Classroom |
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Making the
Workplace Safe |
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Health
Care Re-Reform and the Cost of Violence |
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Prisons
and the Criminal Justice System |
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Spiritual
Support for Nonviolence |
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Ch. 9 |
Primary
Prevention: Ending the Cycles of Violence |
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Preventing
Family Violence |
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Promoting
Resiliency |
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Sharing
the Wealth |
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Primary
Prevention and the Media |
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Restitution Not Retribution: Reworking the Justice System |
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Dealing
with Bullies: Refusing to Be a Victim or a Bystander |
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A
Community Response to Violence |
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Bearing
Witness and Human Liberation |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
