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A dentist encounters a large, violent patient. Reproduction of a drawing by A. Wallis Mills, 1920.

A drunken man fights with his family, all ruined through his drinking habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

The mocking and flagellation of Christ. Line engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Palma the elder.

Innocence attacked from four corners by "Iudex", "Persequutiō", "Avaritia" and "Invidia"; Justice looks down from above. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.

The massacre of the innocents. Etching by F.P. Massau after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.

An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

John 'Buckhorse' Smith, a man who allowed people to hit him in exchange for a small sum of money. Etching.

Roman soldiers beat Christ before the high priest. Line engraving by J. Sadeler, 1589, after C. Schwartz.

A little dog attacking the ear of a blood-hound; representing doctor-patient relationships. Lithograph after E.H. Moore.

A naked woman, trapped on a ledge on a cliff and chained to a bomb, tries to escape from a fiery explosion. Watercolour by N. Goullet, 1955.

Dangerousness : probability and prediction, psychiatry and public policy / edited by Christopher D. Webster, Mark H. Ben-Aron, Stephen J. Hucker.

World report on violence and health : summary.

Animal rights/human rights : entanglements of oppression and liberation / David Nibert.

Women's Aid Federation England information pack.

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A naked woman, trapped on a ledge on a cliff and chained to a bomb, tries to escape from a fiery explosion. Watercolour by N. Goullet, 1955.

Dangerousness : probability and prediction, psychiatry and public policy / edited by Christopher D. Webster, Mark H. Ben-Aron, Stephen J. Hucker.

World report on violence and health : summary.

Animal rights/human rights : entanglements of oppression and liberation / David Nibert.

Women's Aid Federation England information pack.