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Title
Where does violence come from? : a multidimensional approach to its causes and manifestations / Bernhard Bogerts.
ISBN
9783030817923 (electronic bk.)
303081792X (electronic bk.)
3030817911
9783030817916
Publication Details
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-81792-3 doi
Call Number
RC569.5.V55
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.6
Summary
Where does violence come from? How can people do such things? These are often the first questions that arise when we witness violence in the in the media or in real life. This book provides comprehensive answers by combining the explanatory approaches from criminology, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, brain research, genetics, pedagogy, historical sciences, and justice into a big, exciting, and comprehensible picture - in an entertaining way with current, state-of-the art science(s). Multiple case studies are presented that show us the frightening diversity of human violence: acts of violence by individual perpetrators; violence between groups; riots and tumults by gangs and hooligans; violent ethnic and religious conflicts; extreme violence in the form of amok and terror; and up to armed conflicts, pogroms, and genocide. Last but not least, the knowledge gained from this book can help answer another big question: how can violence be contained or even prevented? From the contents: How and where does violence originate in our brain? Why has a tendency towards violence become established as part of our behavioural repertoire in the development of humankind? What influences on personality development can lead to violent characters? How often is violence the product of a pathological psyche? Do genes play a role? Which social constellations contribute? What are the causes of rampage and terror? What is known about the relationship between religion and violence? Prof. Bernhard Bogerts, MD, is a neuroscientist and psychiatrist. From 1994 to 2015, he was clinical director and full professor of psychiatry at the University of Magdeburg, Germany. Since his retirement, he has been the director of the Salus Institute in Magdeburg, whose scientific focus is research into the causes of violence. He has received several awards for his research on the brain-biological basis of mental disorders. He also became known for his work on psychological and brain pathological findings in violent offenders.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 19, 2021).
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Print version: 9783030817916
Manifestations of violence
Incidence, frequency and consequences of violence
Why is the tendency to violence a human trait?
Heritability of aggressive behavior
Neurobiology of violence
Brain pathology in violent offenders
The role of hormones and messenger substances in the brain
Gender difference in the propensity for violence
Mental disorders and violence
Alcohol, drugs and violence
Psychology of violence
Violence as an end in itself and lust gain
Social causes of violence
Violence in children and adolescents : early risk factors
Rampage and school shooting
Terror
Collective violence, xenophobia, pogroms, genocide
Sexual violence
Religion and violence
Conclusions for the prediction and prevention of violence.
