Maguire, Morgan & Reiner: The Oxford Handbook of Criminology 4e 
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Chapter 21
What are the main difficulties involved in defining 'violent crime', and what difference does it make how we define it?
What are the main factors that shape public attitudes to violence and constructions of blame? To what extent do these vary over time and space? (See also Chapter 11)
Why has so little criminological attention been paid to state and corporate violence? (See also Chapters 22, 23)
What are the most plausible explanations for the discrepancies between police recorded statistics and the British Crime Survey in relation to recent trends in violence? (See also Chapter 10)
Which social groups are most likely to be involved in violence as offenders or as victims, and why? (See also Chapters 10, 15)
How predictable is violent behaviour? (See also Chapter 19)
What are the main drawbacks of most theories which explain violence in terms of biology? To what extent have these been overcome?
To what extent should we encourage the use of cognitive behavioural – and specifically, 'anger management' - programmes for violent offenders? (See also Chapters 2, 31)
How are the gender patterns of perpetrators and victims of homicide best explained? (See also Chapter 13)
Does research evidence have anything useful to tell us about effective (and ineffective) ways of reducing various forms of violence? (See also Chapters 2, 16, 19, 26)
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