Violence by Collins, Randall -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments 1. The Micro-sociology of Violent Confrontations

Violent Situations Micro-evidence: Situational Recordings, Reconstructions, and Observations Comparing Situations across Types of Violence Fight Myths Violent Situations Are Shaped by an Emotional Field of Tension and Fear Alternative Theoretical Approaches Historical Evolution of Social Techniques for Controlling Confrontational Tension Sources Preview The Complementarity of Micro and Macro Theories

Part One: The Dirty Secrets of Violence

2. Confrontational Tension and Incompetent Violence

Brave, Competent and Evenly Matched? The Central Reality: Confrontational Tension Tension/Fear and Non-performance in Military Combat Low Fighting Competence Friendly Fire and Bystander Hits Joy of Combat: Under What Conditions? The Continuum of Tension/Fear and Combat Performance Confrontational Tension in Policing and Non-Military Fighting Fear of What?

3. Forward Panic

Confrontational Tension and Release: Hot Rush, Piling On, Overkill Atrocities of War Caveat: The Multiple Causation of Atrocities Asymmetrical Entrainment of Forward Panic and Paralyzed Victims Forward Panics and One-Sided Casualties in Decisive Battles Atrocities of Peace Crowd Violence Demonstrators and Crowd-Control Forces The Crowd Multiplier Alternatives to Forward Panic

4. Attacking the Weak: I. Domestic Abuse

5. Attacking the Weak: II. Bullying, Mugging, and Holdups

The Continuum of Total Institutions Muggings and Holdups Battening on Interactional Weakness

Part Two: Cleaned-up and Staged Violence

6. Staging Fair Fights

7. Violence as Fun and Entertainment

Moral Holidays Looting and Destruction as Participation Sustainers The Wild Party as Elite Potlatch Carousing Zones and Boundary Exclusion Violence End-Resisting Violence Frustrated Carousing and Stirring up Effervescence Paradox: Why Does Most Intoxication Not Lead to Violence? The One-Fight-Per-Venue Limitation Fighting as Action and Fun Mock Fights and Mosh Pits

8. Sports Violence

Part Three: Dynamics and Structure of Violent Situations

9. How Fights Start, or Not

Normal Limited Acrimony: Griping, Whining, Arguing, Quarreling Boasting and Blustering The Code of the Street: Institutionalized Bluster and Threat Pathways into the Tunnel of Violence

10. The Violent Few

Small Numbers of the Actively and Competently Violent Confrontation Leaders and Action-Seekers: Police Who Wins?

11. Violence as Dominance in Emotional Attention Space

Epilogue: Practical Conclusions

Notes References Index