Where Does Violence Come From? A Multidimensional Approach to Its Causes and Manifestations /

Where Does Violence Come From? A Multidimensional Approach to Its Causes and Manifestations /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bogerts, Bernhard (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:	XVII, 222 p. 43 illus., 25 illus. in color. text
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:	1st ed. 2021.
Subjects:	Neuropsychology. Psychobiology. Human behavior. Cognitive psychology. Social psychology. Criminal behavior. Behavioral Neuroscience. Cognitive Psychology. Social Psychology. Criminal Behavior.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81792-3
Format:	Electronic eBook

Table of 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.