Wednesday 16:00-16:30 Laurie Taylor discusses the latest social science research.
25 June 2008 repeat 29 June
VIOLENCE SLA Marshall, official US Army historian in the Second World War found that amongst frontline troops only fifteen per cent ever actually shot their weapons. A recent study claims that even when soldiers do fire their weapons they are so overcome with fear and tension that they are likely to fire wildly or miss.
Laurie Taylor is joined by American Sociologist, Professor Randall Collins, author of Violence A Micro-Sociological Theory, to debate the rituals and micro-dynamics of violence and his contention that humans are biologically restrained from committing violent acts against each other. LONDON VICTORIAN SLUM Sarah Wise, author of a new book entitled The Blackest Streets based on her research study of life and death in a Victorian slum and Rushanara Ali, Associate Director of the Young Foundation discuss the past and present of Old Nichol, London’s Bethnal Green.
The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd ISBN-10: 0224071750 ISBN-13: 978-0224071758
Rushanara Ali Associate Director of the Young Foundation
The New East End: Kinship, Race and Conflict by Geoff Dench, Kate Gavron, Michael Young Publisher: Profile Books Ltd ISBN-10: 1861979282 ISBN-13: 978-1861979285
Randall Collins Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology Chair of the Sociology Graduate Group Department of Sociology University of Pennsylvania
Violence: A Micro-Sociological Theory Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN-10: 0691133131 ISBN-13: 978-0691133133
