The Biology Of Violence

Author : Debra Niehoff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Biology of Violence written by Debra Niehoff and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique synthesis of breakthrough research, this landmark book shatters myths about the causes of aggression, maintaining that the roots of violent behavior lie in the way the brain works.

Author : Adrian Raine
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307475611
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anatomy of Violence written by Adrian Raine and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passionate, courageous, and at times controversial, The Anatomy of Violence is a ground-breaking work that will challenge your core human values and perspectives on violence. Why do some kids from good environments become mass murderers? Is there actually such a thing as a natural born killer? And, if so, what can we do to identify and treat those born with a predisposition to criminal behavior? For more than three decades Adrian Raine has sought answers to these questions through his pioneering research on the biological basis for violence. In this book, he presents the growing body of evidence that shows how genetics and environmental influences can conspire to create a criminal brain, and how something as seemingly innocent as a low resting heart rate can give rise to a violent personality. Bristling with ingenious experiments, surprising data, and shocking case studies, this is also a clear-eyed inquiry into the thorny ethical issues this science raises about prevention and punishment.

Author : Deborah W. Denno
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521362191
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biology and Violence written by Deborah W. Denno and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-09-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author examines criminal behaviour from birth to adulthood in a sample of nearly 1,000 subjects in order to determine the biological and sociological influences on violence. Over 100 predictors of violent behaviour found to be significant in past biological and sociological studies of crime are analysed. The results indicate that both biological and environmental factors produce strong, and independent, effects on both delinquency and adult crime and violence among both males and females. Powerful influences on violence include behavioural disorder during youth, low school achievement, hyperactivity, lead poisoning, and low levels of parental education. The results do not confirm the findings of previous studies that indicate direct relationships between delinquency and early intelligence, mental retardation, socioeconomic status, or early central nervous system dysfunction. The author concludes that many of the factors contributing to criminal and violent behaviour can be prevented because they have clear environmental origins that can be eliminated.

Author : David M. Stoff
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317780027
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aggression and Violence written by David M. Stoff and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conceived at a time when biological research on aggression and violence was drawn into controversy because of sociopolitical questions about its study, this volume provides an up-to-date account of recent biological studies performed -- mostly on humans. A group of scientists recognized the importance of freedom of inquiry and deemed it vital to address the most promising biological research in the field. The focus on biological mechanisms is not meant to imply that biological variables are paramount as a determinant of violence. Rather, biological variables operate in conjunction with other variables contributing to aggression or violence, and a complete understanding of this phenomenon requires consideration of all influences bearing on it. This book will familiarize readers with the rapidly growing and increasingly significant body of knowledge on the biological bases of human antisocial, aggressive, and violent behaviors. The editors concentrated on biological influences that support the basic physiological and biochemical processes of the brain and did not cover those biological influences that impact on the health of the individual such as head injury, pregnancy and birth complications, diet, and exposure to lead and other toxins. They focused on biological influences to illuminate their role in the complex behavioral phenomenon of violence. Three different approaches to the biological study of human antisocial, aggressive, and violent behaviors are represented -- genetic, neurobiological, and biosocial. Representing each of these three approaches, individual chapters from investigators in psychobiology, biological psychiatry, and basic-clinical neurosciences address the most recent experimental findings, methods, theory, and common misconceptions in the biological study of aggression and violence. The areas of primary focus are behavior and molecular genetics, neurochemistry and hormones, neuroimaging, psychophysiology and developmental psychobiology. Generally speaking, investigators following these different approaches have experience in different scientific backgrounds, select different methods, generate different analyses, employ different conceptual definitions for some of the same terms, and assume a different philosophical stance in attempting to explain violence. Nevertheless, all are united in their efforts to understand the biological underpinnings of violence. This book then assumes a comprehensive approach wherein different levels of analysis and different approaches inform each other. It is clear from the studies reported that aggression and violence are multidetermined phenomena and understanding them requires an interdisciplinary approach spanning economic, sociopolitical, psychological, sociological, and criminological as well as biomedical considerations. Nature (biology) and nurture (experience, context) are fundamentally inseparable in explaining aggression and violence; biology may affect experience or context, but experience or context also influences biology. Both need to be studied in a search for explanations of this phenomena.

Author : Randy J. Nelson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195168763
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biology of Aggression written by Randy J. Nelson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unchecked aggression and violence take a significant toll on society. With recent advances in pharmacology and genetic manipulation techniques, new interest has developed in the biological mechanisms of aggression. The primary goal of this title is to summarise and synthesis recent advances in the subject.

Author : Paul Brain
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Biology of Aggression written by Paul Brain and published by Springer. This book was released on 1981-09-30 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on The Biology of Aggression, Château de Bonas, Toulouse, France, July 21-30, 1980

Author : József Haller
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030463311
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neurobiopsychosocial Perspectives on Aggression and Violence written by József Haller and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book bridges the gap between basic science, which deals with general concepts of aggression and its neurobiological foundations, and law enforcement as one of the applied fields of aggression research. It addresses the current state of research and practice and compares and integrates the concept of aggression with violent crime. Chapters examine the types of criminal careers that cross the boundary between the two and summarize the biological, psychological, and social factors that underlie particular types of criminal careers. Subsequent chapters discuss overlaps between biological and psychological factors and detail how and to what extent aggression may serve as explanatory mechanisms for violence. The book also discusses the relationship between social problems and neuropsychological deficits, addressing how the neuropsychological deficits lead to the intergenerational recycling of social problems. Finally, the volume explores violence and aggression from a neurobiological perspective. Topics featured in this book include: The heritability of aggressiveness and violence-proneness. Glucocorticoids in humans. Aggression circuitry in animals. Distorted circuitry in violent animals. Biological factors of psychological change. Neurobiopsychosocial Perspectives on Aggression and Violence is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians and other professionals, and graduate students in forensic psychology, criminology/criminal justice, public health, developmental psychology, psychotherapy/counseling, psychiatry, social work, educational policy and politics, health psychology, nursing, and behavioral therapy/rehabilitation.

Author : Adrian Raine
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1475746482
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biosocial Bases of Violence written by Adrian Raine and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of a NATO ASI held in Rhodes, Greece, May 12-21, 1996

Author : James S. Grisolía
Publisher : Elsevier Science & Technology
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Violence written by James S. Grisolía and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1997 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardbound. In the 70's, research on biological bases of violence was repudiated on ideological grounds. Now, fresh insights on the biology of violence, including research on brain injury, ethology and genetic defects which cause violent behaviour both in animals and humans, force reappraisal of biological foundations for some violent behaviour. This new work is reviewed, and critiqued from ethical and historical perspectives.In this volume case studies are discussed, including American inner cities, narcoterrorism, Northern Ireland and Basqueterrorism. Epidemiology, anthropology and sociology perspectives include international studies of homicide rates, of the impact of television, effects of alcohol, impact on survivors, and evolving changes in international warfare.This volume begins a fresh integration of biological, psychological and cultural perspectives on violence. This broad perspective will interest psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologist

Author : Alex Alvarez
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412916852
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Violence written by Alex Alvarez and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violence comprises a historical and contemporary discussion of the origins, patterns, and causes of violence in society. Through the use of contemporary and historical sources this book explore a variety of individual and collective types of violent crimes. It incorporates a broad interdisciplinary approach to analyzing the patterns and correlates of violence using the most up-to-date research and theories and presents them in a style intended to be accessible to a wide audience of readers.