Understanding violence /
Elizabeth Kandel Englander
- 3rd ed.
- Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007
- viii, 247 p. ; 24 cm.
The numbers : how common is violent behavior today? -- Social causes of violence -- Biological and psychological bases of violent behavior -- Developmental factors and social learning -- Media exposure and violence -- The biosocial model -- Substance abuse and violent behavior -- Youth violence -- Sexual assault -- Spouse homicide -- Child abuse and physical punishment -- Victims : the consequences of family violence -- Epilogue : preventing and controlling violence