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The Causes of Violence and How to Prevent It, Part 1.

Psychiatrist James Gilligan. He's spent twenty-five years treating violent men, as former medical director of the Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane, and director of mental health for the Massachusetts prison system. In his new book "Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and Its Causes" (Grosset/Putnam) Gilligan puts forth his views on violence: that it is possible to eliminate most of the violence that plagues us, and that violence in America is "the result of our collective 'moral choice' to maintain the social policies" that contribute to violence.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 16, 1996: Interview with James Gilligan, Part 1; Commentary on the bass and rock music; Interview with James Gilligan, Part 2; Review of Frank Walsh's book "Sin and…

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