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Edited by Albert Reiss, Jr., and Jeffrey A. Roth. 464 pp. Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, 1993. $49.95. ISBN 0-309-04594-0.

Understanding and Preventing Violence contains much useful information on a wide range of topics. The chief value of this book is its encyclopedic nature. The discipline of violence prevention outside criminal-justice pursuits is young, and the book's contribution to that discipline is substantial. The book is less successful in accomplishing two of its stated objectives: integrating various disciplinary approaches and setting forth a model to guide an interdisciplinary understanding of violent behavior and its control. Instead, the book presents a comprehensive description of selected approaches to the study of violence.

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