Violence : reflections on a national epidemic
James Gilligan (Author)
"Drawing on his firsthand experience as a prison psychiatrist, his own family history, and literature, Gilligan unveils the motives of men who commit horrifying crimes, men who will not only kill others but destroy themselves rather than suffer a loss of self-respect. With devastating clarity, Gilligan traces the role that shame plays in the etiology of murder and explains why our present penal system only exacerbates it."--Back cover
Print Book, English, 1997
Vintage Books, New York, 1997