Title:

Address Presented to the National Coalition on Television Violence, Washington, DC

Creator:

Koop, Charles Everett, 1916-2013

Date:

6 October 1983

Description:

Warning that "violence in American public and private life has indeed assumed the proportions of an epidemic," Koop sought to treat violence as a problem of public health, not just one of law, criminology, or psychology. He wanted to apply epidemiological methods to the study of the causes and propagation of violence, an approach first pursued by U.S. Surgeon General Jesse Steinfeld in 1969. Following Steinfeld, Koop proposed that one widespread cause of violence was violent images on television and in other media.

Location:

Box: 104. Folder: 2

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Speeches

Subject:

Violence, Domestic Violence, Television, and Behavior

Format:

Text

Extent:

23 pages

Relation:

Address Presented to the National Coalition on Television Violence, Washington, DC [Reminiscence], 2003

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

QQBBCT

NLM ID:

101584930X36

Profiles Collection:

The C. Everett Koop Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X36

Story Section:

Reproduction and Family Health