Violence in Europe

Introduction
Sophie Body-Gendrot
Part One: Contested Definitions
Pieter Spierenburg
Violence: Reflections About a Word
Willem de Haan
Violence as an Essentially Contested Concept
Part Two: Long-Term Trends
Dag Lindström
Homicide in Scandinavia: Long-Term Trends and Their Interpretations
François Ploux
Violence in France's Past: An Anthropological Approach
Ian O’Donnell
The Fall and Rise of Homicide in Ireland
Part Three: Contemporary Trends
Philippe Robert
Violence in Present-Day France: Data and Sociological Analysis
Sophie Body-Gendrot
From Old Threats to Enigmatic Enemies: The Evolution of European Policies from Low Intensity Violence to Homegrown Terrorism
Part Four: Gendering Violent Practices
Dorothea Nolde
The Language of Violence: Symbolic Body Parts in Marital Conflicts in Early Modern France
Kate O'Brien, Dick Hobbs, Louise Westmarland
Negotiating Violence and Gender: Security and the Night Time Economy in the UK
Part Five: Politics, War and Violence
Xavier Rousseaux, Frédéric Vesentini, Antoon Vrints
Violence and War: Measuring Homicide in Belgium, 1900-1950
Susanne Karstedt
Democratization and Violence: European and International Perspectives
Eric Dunning
Violence and Violence Control in Long-Term Perspective: Testing Elias in Relation to War, Genocide, Crime, Punishment and Sport