This book synthesises research on violence for researchers and policy makers to inform future practice. Those who are interested in human conflict and how to reduce it are offered an alternative picture of the causes of violence through a combination of findings from anthropology, genetics, psychology, psychiatry and criminology.
This book synthesises research on violence for researchers and policy makers to inform future practice. Those who are interested in human conflict and how to reduce it are offered an alternative picture of the causes of violence through a combination of findings from anthropology, genetics, psychology, psychiatry and criminology.
Richard Whittington is a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and is based at the Brøset Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, St. Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway. He is a psychologist with a focus on violence prevention and mental health and is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword. Between chimpanzees and bonobos: the challenge of violence prevention Part I. Origins: 1. The prospect of human violence: pessimism or realism? 2. The roots of human violence: in search of the 'hard wired' 3. The biology of violence: possibilities and limitations 4. Developmental factors in violence propensity: the learning of violence 5. Structural violence: social and political factors in understanding violence Part II. Solutions: 6. Advancing a global public health response to violence 7. Risk assessment: can violence be predicted? 8. Pharmaceutical interventions: medication, violence and the public health 9. Psychosocial interventions: the unlearning of violence 10. Changing structures: integrated interventions for violence Conclusion Appendix. Major UN initiatives to address violence 1986-2018.
Foreword. Between chimpanzees and bonobos: the challenge of violence prevention Part I. Origins: 1. The prospect of human violence: pessimism or realism? 2. The roots of human violence: in search of the 'hard wired' 3. The biology of violence: possibilities and limitations 4. Developmental factors in violence propensity: the learning of violence 5. Structural violence: social and political factors in understanding violence Part II. Solutions: 6. Advancing a global public health response to violence 7. Risk assessment: can violence be predicted? 8. Pharmaceutical interventions: medication, violence and the public health 9. Psychosocial interventions: the unlearning of violence 10. Changing structures: integrated interventions for violence Conclusion Appendix. Major UN initiatives to address violence 1986-2018.
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