Download or read book Mayhem written by Sissela Bok and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 1998-04-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do we want four-year-olds to watch slasher films? If not, who should decide? "Mayhem" lays out the ferocious arguments and the evidence on each side, as Bok reveals surprisingly ancient roots of the debate, from Roman critics of the gladiatorial games to restrictions on today's Internet.