Understanding and Preventing Violence: The Psychology of Human Destructiveness

ISBN-13: 9780849322655 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 248 str.

Leighton C. Whitaker

Opis

Looking at trends in violence from the individual to the global levels, this book traces the influence of sexuality and death anxiety on human mentality and suggests ways to reverse the increase in destructive behaviour. It helps criminologists in profiling and spotting trends and aids psychologists by deepening their understanding of severely character-disordered or sociopathic patients. The author delves into the reasons and motivations prompting destructive behaviour in order to promote a constructive reaction to what has become commonplace in society - senseless violent acts.

Recenzje

"…author takes a hard look at an alarming trend and provides a focused perspective of a new wave of violence, from the individual to the global level…traces the influence of sexuality and the anxiety of death on human mentality and suggests ways to reverse the increase in destructive behavior…delves into the reasons and motivations prompting destructive behavior in order to promote a constructive reaction to senseless violent acts."
--Crime & Justice International

"Understanding and Preventing Violence provides a wake-up call that challenges conventional views... Whitaker, no doubt, has performed an invaluable service with this book, calling our attention to the absurdities and deceptions that can hinder formulating reasonable and meaningful approaches to comprehend the interactive nature of violence causation."
-Calvin E. Woodland, Ed.D., PsyD Ethical Human Sciences and Services


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Spis treści

Dilemmas for the 21st Century. Social Inducements to Paralethal and Lethal Violence. Inhibiting Fatal Group and Institutional Aggression. The Central Intelligence Agency and Lethal Violence. Lethal Violence by Entire Governments. Transcendence: Constructive Versus Destructive Mentalities

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O autorze

Leighton C. Whitaker