The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression

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.

• Impressive breadth of coverage, including genetic research • Topics of violence and violence behavior covered from an international, cross-cultural perspective • Examines violence at muliple levels - individual, family, neighbourhood, cultural and across multiple perspectives -justice, education, public health

Part I. General Perspectives; Part II. Biological Bases of Violence; Part III. Individual Factors and Violence; Part IV. Interpersonal Factors and Violent Behavior; Part V. Contextual Factors and Violent Behavior; Part VI. Methods for Studying Violent Behavior; Part VII. Looking Toward the Future.