The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression

by Edited by Daniel J. Flannery , Alexander T. Vazsonyi , Irwin D. Waldman

• ISBN13: 9780521607858
• ISBN10: 052160785X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-03
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

From a team of leading experts comes a comprehensive, multidisciplinary examination of the most current research including the complex issue of violence and violent behavior. The handbook examines a range of theoretical, policy, and research issues and provides a comprehensive overview of aggressive and violent behavior. The breadth of coverage is impressive, ranging from research on biological factors related to violence and behavior-genetics to research on terrrorism and the impact of violence in different cultures. The authors examine violence from international cross-cultural perspectives, with chapters that examine both quantitative and qualitative research. They also look at violence at multiple levels: individual, family, neighborhood, cultural, and across multiple perspectives and systems, including treatment, justice, education, and public health.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
General Perspectives
Understanding Violence	p. 5
Origins of Violent Behavior over the Life Span	p. 19
A Review of Research on the Taxonomy of Life-Course Persistent Versus Adolescence-Limited Antisocial Behavior	p. 49
Biological Bases of Violence
Behavior-Genetics of Criminality and Aggression	p. 77
The Genetics of Aggression in Mice	p. 91
The Psychophysiology of Aggression: Autonomic, Electrocortical, and Neuro-Imaging Findings	p. 111
Biosocial Bases of Violence	p. 151
Neurobiology of Impulsive Aggression: Focus on Serotonin and the Orbitofrontal Cortex	p. 170
The Neuropsychology of Violence	p. 187
The Interaction of Nature and Nurture in Antisocial Behavior	p. 215
Individual Factors and Violence
Relational Aggression and Gender: An Overview	p. 245
Personality Dispositions and the Development of Violence and Conduct Problems	p. 260
Personality and Violence: The Unifying Role of Structural Models of Personality	p. 288
Exposure to Violence, Mental Health, and Violent Behavior	p. 306
Social-Cognitive Processes in the Development of Antisocial and Violent Behavior	p. 322
School Violence	p. 344
Interpersonal Factors and Violent Behavior
Peers and Violence: A Two-Sided Developmental Perspective	p. 361
Youth Gangs and Violent Behavior	p. 388
Family Violence	p. 403
Youth Violence Across Ethnic and National Groups: Comparisons of Rates and Developmental Processes	p. 418
Adolescent Dating Abuse Perpetration: A Review of Findings, Methodological Limitations, and Suggestions for Future Research	p. 431
Social Networks and Violent Behavior	p. 450
Public Health and Violence: Moving Forward in a Global Context	p. 465
Cross-National Research on Violent Victimization	p. 486
Violent Juvenile Delinquency: Changes, Consequences, and Implications	p. 501
Strain Theory and Violent Behavior	p. 519
Contextual Factors and Violent Behavior
Self-Control Theory and Criminal Violence	p. 533
Why Observing Violence Increases the Risk of Violent Behavior by the Observer	p. 545
Violence and Culture in the United States	p. 571
Terrorism as a Form of Violence	p. 583
Therapeutic Treatment Approaches to Violent Behavior	p. 602
Psychopharmacology of Violence	p. 618
Social Learning and Violent Behavior	p. 636
Substance Use and Violent Behavior	p. 647
Poverty/Socioeconomic Status and Exposure to Violence in the Lives of Children and Adolescents	p. 664
Social Contagion of Violence	p. 688
Methods for Studying Violent Behavior
Studying Aggression with Structural Equation Modeling	p. 727
Overview of a Semi-Parametric, Group-Based Approach for Analyzing Trajectories of Development	p. 740
Relocating Violence: Practice and Power in an Emerging Field of Qualitative Research	p. 750
Looking Toward the Future
Violent Behavior and the Science of Prevention	p. 767
New Directions in Research on Violence: Bridging Science, Practice, and Policy	p. 787
Subject Index	p. 793
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