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Violence rewired : evidence and strategies for public health action /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Whittington, Richard (Richard Charles) (Author), McGuire, James, 1948- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Violence.
Violence > Prevention.
Violence > prevention & control.
Violence > psychology.
Public Health Practice.
Behavior Therapy.
Models, Theoretical.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The prospect of human violence : pessimism or realism?
  • The roots of human violence : in search of the "hard wired"
  • The biology of violence : possibilities and limitations
  • Developmental factors in violence propensity : the learning of violence
  • Structural violence : social and political factors in understanding
  • Advancing a global public health response to violence
  • Risk Assessment : can violence be predicted?
  • Pharmaceutical Interventions : medication, violence and the public health
  • Psychosocial interventions : the unlearning of violence
  • Changing Structures : integrated interventions for violence.