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This book bridges the gap between basic science, which deals with
general concepts of aggression and its neurobiological foundations,
and law enforcement as one of the applied fields of aggression
research. It addresses the current state of research and practice
and compares and integrates the concept of aggression with violent
crime. Chapters examine the types of criminal careers that cross
the boundary between the two and summarize the biological,
psychological, and social factors that underlie particular types of
criminal careers. Subsequent chapters discuss overlaps between
biological and psychological factors and detail how and to what
extent aggression may serve as explanatory mechanisms for violence.
The book also discusses the relationship between social problems
and neuropsychological deficits, addressing how the
neuropsychological deficits lead to the intergenerational recycling
of social problems. Finally, the volume explores violence and
aggression from a neurobiological perspective. Topics featured in
this book include: The heritability of aggressiveness and
violence-proneness. Glucocorticoids in humans. Aggression circuitry
in animals. Distorted circuitry in violent animals. Biological
factors of psychological change. Neurobiopsychosocial Perspectives
on Aggression and Violence is a must-have resource for researchers,
clinicians and other professionals, and graduate students in
forensic psychology, criminology/criminal justice, public health,
developmental psychology, psychotherapy/counseling, psychiatry,
social work, educational policy and politics, health psychology,
nursing, and behavioral therapy/rehabilitation.
This book bridges the gap between basic science, which deals with
general concepts of aggression and its neurobiological foundations,
and law enforcement as one of the applied fields of aggression
research. It addresses the current state of research and practice
and compares and integrates the concept of aggression with violent
crime. Chapters examine the types of criminal careers that cross
the boundary between the two and summarize the biological,
psychological, and social factors that underlie particular types of
criminal careers. Subsequent chapters discuss overlaps between
biological and psychological factors and detail how and to what
extent aggression may serve as explanatory mechanisms for violence.
The book also discusses the relationship between social problems
and neuropsychological deficits, addressing how the
neuropsychological deficits lead to the intergenerational recycling
of social problems. Finally, the volume explores violence and
aggression from a neurobiological perspective. Topics featured in
this book include: The heritability of aggressiveness and
violence-proneness. Glucocorticoids in humans. Aggression circuitry
in animals. Distorted circuitry in violent animals. Biological
factors of psychological change. Neurobiopsychosocial Perspectives
on Aggression and Violence is a must-have resource for researchers,
clinicians and other professionals, and graduate students in
forensic psychology, criminology/criminal justice, public health,
developmental psychology, psychotherapy/counseling, psychiatry,
social work, educational policy and politics, health psychology,
nursing, and behavioral therapy/rehabilitation.
Mechanisms controlling aggressive behavior started to be identified
from late 20's of the 20th century and subsequent research
described such mechanisms in great detail. While the findings are
of great relevance for the understanding of aggression per se, they
provide limited insights into the mechanisms of abnormal aggression
i.e. those mechanisms that underlie aggression-related
psychopathologies. While basic phenomena and mechanism of
aggression are presented, this book is the first that
comprehensively describes ultimate and proximate mechanisms that
transform normal (laboratory animals) or tolerable (humans)
manifestations of aggressiveness into abnormal patterns in
laboratory animals and aggression-related psychopathologies in
humans. This book is written for behavioral neurobiologists and
neuroscientists, interested in emotional control in general and
aggression research in particular. The book will also offer
important information to neurologists and psychiatrists dealing
with aggressive behavior in the clinic and ultimately, may provide
means to understand and on the long run to discover novel
approaches to the treatment of abnormal human aggression.
Mechanisms controlling aggressive behavior started to be identified
from late 20's of the 20th century and subsequent research
described such mechanisms in great detail. While the findings are
of great relevance for the understanding of aggression per se, they
provide limited insights into the mechanisms of abnormal aggression
i.e. those mechanisms that underlie aggression-related
psychopathologies. While basic phenomena and mechanism of
aggression are presented, this book is the first that
comprehensively describes ultimate and proximate mechanisms that
transform normal (laboratory animals) or tolerable (humans)
manifestations of aggressiveness into abnormal patterns in
laboratory animals and aggression-related psychopathologies in
humans. This book is written for behavioral neurobiologists and
neuroscientists, interested in emotional control in general and
aggression research in particular. The book will also offer
important information to neurologists and psychiatrists dealing
with aggressive behavior in the clinic and ultimately, may provide
means to understand and on the long run to discover novel
approaches to the treatment of abnormal human aggression.
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