Violence and the Politics of Research

This volume is one outcome of a two-year study conducted by the Behavioral Studies Research Group of The Hastings 1 Center. It is divided into three parts to reflect the several facets of the interdisciplinary project from which it stems. In the opening chapter Willard Gaylin and Ruth Macklin, who d...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gaylin, Willard, Macklin, Ruth (Author), Powledge, Tabitha M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1981, 1981
Edition:1st ed. 1981
Series:The Hastings Center Series in Ethics
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • to the Problems
  • 1: Pitfalls in the Pursuit of Knowledge
  • 2: Legitimate and Illegitimate Uses of Violence: A Review of Ideas and Evidence
  • II: Three Case Studies
  • 3: How Not to Study Violence
  • III: Implications
  • 4: Science and Social Control: Controversies over Research on Violence
  • 5: Embattled Research: Psychiatry, Politics, and the Study of Violent Behavior
  • 6: Fragile Knowledge and Stubborn Ignorance: Agenda for the Study of Violence
  • 7: Ethics and the Control of Research