| Description |
1 online resource (364 pages) |
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American series in behavioral science and law |
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American series in behavioral science and law.
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| Contents |
THE FACES OF VIOLENCE; CONTENTS; Part One STUDIES ON VIOLENCE; Chapter 1 VIOLENCE: PAST AND PRESENT; Chapter 2 THE BIOLOGY OF AGGRESSION: ANIMAL AND HUMAN STUDIES; Chapter 3 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VIOLENCE; Chapter 4 THE SOCIOLOGY OF VIOLENCE; Part Two MANIFESTATIONS OF VIOLENCE; Chapter 5 ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER VS. PSYCHOPATHY: A SEMANTIC CONFUSION?; Chapter 6 PSYCHOPATHY AND SERIAL KILLERS; Chapter 7 SEXUAL VIOLENCE; Chapter 8 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; Chapter 9 MASS MURDER; Chapter 10 FILICIDE AND PARRICIDE; Part Three FACILITATORS OF VIOLENCE; Chapter 11 FACILITATORS OF VIOLENCE: I |
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Chapter 12 FACILITATING FACTORS: IIChapter 13 TELEVISION VIEWING AND VIOLENCE; Part Four CONCLUSION; Chapter 14 STATISTICS ON VIOLENCE; Chapter 15 AT THE ROOTS OF VIOLENCE; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX |
| Summary |
Thoroughly revised and rewritten, this new Second Edition addresses the manifestations of violence with an unusual clarity and down-to-earth objectivity that studies poverty, drugs, access to guns, joblessness, poor education, inadequate housing, and the lack of stability that comes from an integrated family. Doctor Palermo has spent a lifetime observing criminal violence as a psychiatrist for Milwaukee County. He is well known for his plainspoken, unpretentious testimony in the trial of serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer. The author takes the position that there is an absence in the United States |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Violence -- United States -- Psychological aspects
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Crime -- United States -- Psychological aspects
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
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Crime -- Psychological aspects
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Violence -- Psychological aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780398083519 |
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0398083517 |
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