Violence and Aggression
Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice
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Beschreibung
This book provides a concise-yet-comprehensive overview of the broad-ranging topics in the field of violence and aggression. It uses a functional approach that acknowledges the evolutionary, cultural, and operant nature of violence and aggression. The book defines the nature of different forms of violence and aggression; examines epidemiology and risk factors; describes biological, cultural and individual causes; and discusses individual and societal prevention and treatment.
Key areas of coverage include:
- Epidemiology of violence and aggression.
- Biological and social causes of violence and aggression.
- Cultural interventions, psychotherapies, and individual biological interventions.
- The effects of violence and aggression in special populations.
Violence and Aggression: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice is a must-have resource for researchers, academics, and upper-level undergraduate andgraduate students in forensic psychology, public health, criminology/criminal justice, developmental psychology, psychotherapy/counseling, psychiatry, social work, educational policy and politics, health psychology, nursing, and behavioral therapy/rehabilitation.
This book provides a concise-yet-comprehensive overview of the broad-ranging topics in the field of violence and aggression. It uses a functional approach that acknowledges the evolutionary, cultural, and operant nature of violence and aggression. The book defines the nature of different forms of violence and aggression; examines epidemiology and risk factors; describes biological, cultural and individual causes; and discusses individual and societal prevention and treatment.
Key areas of coverage include:
- Epidemiology of violence and aggression.
- Biological and social causes of violence and aggression.
- Cultural interventions, psychotherapies, and individual biological interventions.
- The effects of violence and aggression in special populations.
Violence and Aggression: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice is a must-have resource for researchers, academics, and upper-level undergraduateand graduate students in forensic psychology, public health, criminology/criminal justice, developmental psychology, psychotherapy/counseling, psychiatry, social work, educational policy and politics, health psychology, nursing, and behavioral therapy/rehabilitation.
Addresses the evolutionary, cultural, and operant nature of violence and aggression using a functional framework Defines the nature of different forms of violence and aggression Examines epidemiology and risk factors and describes biological, cultural, and individual causes
Autor*in
Peter Sturmey
Themen in »Violence and Aggression«
Aggression and violence in society Behavior analysis, violence and aggression Biological bases of violence and aggression CBT, violence, aggression Cognitive behavior therapy, violence and aggression Cultural interventions, violence and aggression Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), violence and aggression Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), violence and aggression fMRI, violence and aggression Functional magnetic resonance imaging and violence Human development, violence and aggression Neurotransmitters, violence and aggression Positive behavior support, violence and aggression Prevention, violence, aggression Psychiatric disorders and aggression