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Introduction : conceptualising the meanings of violence / Elizabeth A. Stanko

Headlines from history : violence in the press, 1850-1914 / John Archer and Jo Jones

'Jump on top, get the job done' : strategies employed by female prostitutes to reduce the risk of client violence / Graham Hart and Marina Barnard

Violence against children : thresholds of acceptance for physical punishment in a normative study of parents, children and discipline / Neal Hazel, Deborah Ghate, Susan Creighton, Julia Field and Steven Finch.

'Taking it to heart' : girls and the meanings of violence / Michele Burman, Jane Brown and Susan Batchelor

'Hi, I'm Ramon and I run this place' : challenging the normalisation of violence in children's homes from young people's perspectives / Emma Renold and Christine Barter

Understanding racist violence / Larry Ray, David Smith and Liz Wastell

The constitution of fear in gay space / Leslie J. Moran, Beverley Skeggs, Paul Tyrer and Karen Corteen

Defined by men's abuse : the 'spoiled identity' of domestic violence survivors / Rosemary Aris, Gill Hague and Audrey Mullender.

Bouncers and social context of violence : masculinity, class and violence in the night-time economy / Simon Winlow, Dick Hobbs, Stuart Lister and Phil Hadfield

Violence in a changing political context : Northern Ireland and South Africa / Colin Knox and Rachel Monaghan

Institutional violence : prison conflicts in context / Kimmett Edgar, Carol Martin and Ian O'Donnell

Violence, fear and 'the everyday' : negotiating spatial practice in the city of Belfast / Karen Lysaght and Anne Basten.

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