Surveys research on the long-term dynamics of murder and other crimes of violence. This work identifies and diagnoses the circumstances of recurring epidemics of violent crime that have swept the social landscape of the United States in the last 150 years, including immigration, the social dislocation of war, and concentrations of urban poverty.

Focuses on the issues that generate group violence. This volume assesses about the historical precedents and international parallels of American violence.

Minutes to Midnight explores the dynamics of the antinuclear protest movement, particularly the freeze and its origins, growth, decline, and enduring problems. Beginning with a historical analysis of early attempts to control nuclear weapons, the authors then use a unique sociohistorical case study to give new insight into how social change occurs in postindustrial society. The seven chapters examine the problems created by the development of technology, nuclear weapons, and the creation of new social classes and new social movements as vehicles to accumulate power.

An unplanned pregnancy in adolescence can be a crisis not only for young unmarried mothers, but also for unmarried fathers of the same age group. This landmark volume is the first in-depth, practical guide to counselling teenage fathers.

Taking a multicultural perspective, the volume addresses issues that may have a bearing on a young man's adjustment to fatherhood, such as his relationships with his parents, his child, the mother of his child, her parents and his peers.