The following are brief descriptions of books and book/report/article reviews and summaries related to the elimination of child abuse and violence. The book, review or summary will open in another window when you click on its title.

Violence, Our Deadly Epidemic and Its Causes
A Bob Johnson review of this book by James Gilligan in which Gilligan discusses his view that violence is a problem in public health and preventive and social psychiatry. His purpose is to arrive at an understanding of the causes of the various forms of violent behaviour, in the hope that understanding will help to clarify how we can most effectively and efficiently prevent such behavior.

Teaching Peace
The text of a book by Jan Arnow sub-titled "How to Raise Children to Live in Harmony, Without Fear, Without Prejudice, Without Violence".

For Your Own Good
This book by Alice Miller discusses hidden cruelty in child-rearing and the roots of violence. The article on this website is a summary of two of the three sections of the book.

Roots of Empathy: Changing the World Child by Child
A Keith Oatley review of this book by Mary Gordon, in the 28th January 2006 edition of The Globe and Mail.