Unsparing and important. . . . An informative, clearheaded and sobering book.—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post (1999 Critic's Choice) Inner-city black Americ

This book focuses on a singular cause of male violence—the perpetrator's sense of threat to one of his most valued possessions, namely, his reputation for str

Much of the violence that has been associated with the United States has had particular salience for the South, from its high homicide rates, or its bloody hist

This study examines the changing demographics and its affect on the influence of the South on attitudes supportive of violence. The South has maintained a high