NCJ Number
38825
Editor(s)
D J MADDEN,
J R LION
Date Published
1976
Length
265 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF 13 ARTICLES WHICH PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON EXISTING FORMS OF VIOLENCE, CAUSES OF VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION, AND TREATMENT OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.
Abstract
THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS BOOK MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE READER KNOWLEDGE OF THE CURRENT LITERATURE IN THE AREA OF VIOLENCE FROM THE DISCIPLINES OF PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY, PENOLOGY, AND SOCIOLOGY. AMONG THE SUBJECTS INCLUDED ARE BIOLOGICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE IN THE FAMILY, PREDICTION OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AND TREATMENT OF VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION.