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Author Toch, Hans.

Title Violent men : an inquiry into the psychology of violence / Hans Toch
Edition Revised edition
Published Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 1992

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 MELB  302.17 Toc/Vma 1992  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Violence in psychological perspective -- The violent incident as a unit of study: motives for police assaults -- The violent incident in its personal context -- The intersection of perspectives of violence -- The violence-prone person: a typology -- The anatomy of violence -- Some implications
Summary [This book] provides [a] portrait of chronic predatory offenders, problem police officers, and others with a demonstrated propensity for violent conduct. This revised edition explores the personal motives, attitudes, assumptions, and perceptions of men who are recurrently violent. How patterned and consistent is the violence of such men? What are the dynamics of their escalating encounters? What personal dispositions and orientations are most apt to lead to violence? "Violent Men" contains not only scholarly research on violence, but also a sense of the humanity of violent men
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index
Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks
Subject Aggressiveness.
Men -- Psychology.
Violence.
Men.
Violence.
Author American Psychological Association.
LC no. 92010715
ISBN 1557981728