Defining Violence: The Search for Understanding

Defining Violence takes forward the debate on televison violence, examining the choices made by viewers who were asked to edit different examples of screen violence. The book examines what factors are taken into consideration when deciding whether violence is acceptable or not to the individual. It also poses the question - does personal experience of violence affect the way one defines it? As well as standard demographic sampling, groups were recruited who would bring added insight into violence: young men and women who were familiar with violence, policemen, World War II Vetrans, women with a fear of crime and parents of young children.

ISBN: 1 86020 568 2