Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

1 Introduction

Violence as Morality

Third Parties

Black's Theoretical Paradigm

Four Foci

2 The U-Curve of Violence I

Status Patterns in Criminal Homicide

Elite Violence

Third-Party Social Status

3 The U-Curve of Violence 2

Violence in Stateless Societies

Informal Settlement

4 Configurations of War and Peace

Black's Theory of Partisanship

Feuding without End: Close and Distant Group Ties

Homicide without Feuding: Close and Distant Individual Ties

The Dilemma of Violence: Cross-Cutting Ties

Peaceful Indifference: Distant Individual Ties

5 Foundations of Honor

Classical Honor

Modern Honor

Tie Stability

Statelessness

6 Conclusion

Researching Violence

Reducing Violence

Explaining Violence

Appendix A: Moralistic Homicide

Appendix B: The Virginia Study

Appendix C: The Cross-Cultural Study

Notes

References

Author Index

Subject Index

About the Author