Violence, Inequality, and Human Freedom is a sociological introduction to the study of violence that looks at violence on three different levels-structural, institutional, and interpersonal. The third edition is updated throughout, including a new chapter on educational violence and revised sections on economic and international violence.

Peter Iadicola is professor of sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. He has published widely in journals including Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict, and World Order and Journal of Contemporary Sociology.

Anson Shupe (1948-2015) was professor of sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne. He was author or editor of a number of books, including Rogue Clerics: The Social Problem of Clergy Deviance.