A Mother Cries: Lethal Violence & the Real Zombie Apocalypse

Prologue: Murdered by Birth

Section I. Violence and its Echoing Waves
Chapter 1. Diving into a Socially Constructed Stream
Chapter 2. Real–Life Friends; Real–Life Death
Chapter 3. Drowning in a Socially Constructed Stream
Chapter 4. Cries of Pain in a Violent World
Chapter 5. Invisible Voices
Chapter 6. Standing Up to Life
Chapter 7. The Year That Childhood Died
Chapter 8. Falling to One’s Knees
Chapter 9. Seeing Hope in a Darkened World
Chapter 10. Painting a New Picture: A Paradigm Shift in Understanding Homicidal Violence

Section II. A Structurated and Dynamic Model of Violence: Theoretical Considerations
Chapter 11. Swimming in the Stream
Chapter 12. Chronicity and Homicidal Violence
Chapter 13. “When Villains Strike”: Street Culture, Lifestyles, and Homicide
Chapter 14. Gender in the Stream and the Mask of Strength
Chapter 15. Patterns of Lethality: Homicide and Suicide in America, 1981–2016
Chapter 16. A Picture of Homicide: Patterns of Offending and Victimization in Miami’s Stream
Chapter 17. A Glimpse at the Coming Apocalypse: Drugs and Lethal Violence in Kentucky
Chapter 18. The Attack on Self
Chapter 19. Expressing Pain During the Real Zombie Apocalypse
Chapter 20. Cries of Pain
Chapter 21. Dying to Live: Opioids and Overdose: The Real–Time Zombie Apocalypse

Section III. Implications on Policy, Policing, and Reconfiguring the Torrents in the Stream
Chapter 22. Square Pegs in Round Holes, by Raimundo Socorro and Shawn Schwaner
Chapter 23. Policing in the Stream: Procedural Justice
Chapter 24. Self–Talk and Changing the Scripts of Violence: Conflict Management as an Education Necessity

Epilogue: Addressing Violence: The Role of Love and Hope