Where Does Violence Come From? [electronic resource] A Multidimensional Approach to Its Causes and Manifestations / by Bernhard Bogerts.
Where does violence come from? How can people do such things? These are often the first questions that arise when we witness violence in the in the media or in real life. This book provides comprehensive answers by combining the explanatory approaches from criminology, sociology, psychology, psychia...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021. |
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Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Forms of Violence
- 3. Occurence, frequency, and consequences of violence
- 4 Why does the tendency to violence belong to human characteristics?
- 5. heritability of aggressive behavior
- 6 Neurobiology of violence
- 7. brain structure and brain dysfunction of violent offenders
- 8 Significance of hormones and neurotransmitters of the brain
- 9. gender difference of the tendency to violence
- 10. mental disorders and propensity to violence
- 11. Alcohol, drugs, and violence
- 12. Psychology of violence.-13. Violence as an end in itself and for pleasure
- 14 Social causes of violence
- 15 Violence in children and adolescents - early risk factors
- 16 Amok and school shooting
- 17. Terror
- 18 Collective violence, xenophobia, pogroms, genocide.-19 Sexual violence
- 20 Religion and violence
- 21. conclusions for the prediction and prevention of violence.