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Tracing the Threads of the Web: The Epidemiology of Interconnections Among Forms of Violence and Victimization

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Interconnections among types of violence are embodied in such well-known concepts as the “intergenerational transmission of violence” and “criminal careers”. Some specific linkages have been the focus of considerable attention. For example, in psychology, the “spillover” of aggression from interparental to parent–child relationships has been well documented, and in criminology, there long has been interest in identifying criminal “specialists” versus criminal “generalists” who commit multiple types of crimes.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Sewanee, The University of the South, 735 University Avenue, Sewanee, TN, 37383, USA

    Sherry Hamby

  2. Department of Psychology, Marquette University, Cramer Hall, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA

    John Grych

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Hamby, S., Grych, J. (2013). Tracing the Threads of the Web: The Epidemiology of Interconnections Among Forms of Violence and Victimization. In: The Web of Violence. SpringerBriefs in Sociology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5596-3_2

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