In addressing the issue of violence, our first purpose
is to provide practical information that will help the reader to design specific
intervention strategies aimed at preventing the escalation of violence in any
community.
But the study of violence has taught us that such approaches will be ineffective
unless we have a coherent and meaningful framework within which to understand
the continuum of violent perpetration….. Only a shift in human understanding can
help us to be more effective in slowing the pace of the disease down through the
generations, from person to person, from family to family, from nation to
nation'All of our cultural
systems for making meaning are infiltrated with this lethal
virus...human culture has become "trauma-organized" around the
unrecognized, unmetabolized, and untransformed thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors of a post-traumatic response. We hope that this monograph can
make a contribution to understanding the nature of the infection and
provide some guidelines for managing the infection once it has set in.
- Sandra L. Bloom, Editor,
from her Introduction
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| Bloom, S. L. Editor. (2001) Violence: A Public
Health Menace and a Public Health Approach. London: Karnac Books
1. A kind of necessity? Violence as a public health menace. Gwen
Adshead
2. Violent attachments and attachment to violence. Felicity de
Zulueta
3. Creating a non-violent environment: Keeping Sanctuary safe.
Joseph F. Foderaro
4. Conclusion: A public health approach to violence. Sandra L.
Bloom
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