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Understanding and preventing violence : the psychology of human destructiveness /

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More violence has been perpetrated in the 20th century than in the two previous centuries combined. Understanding and Preventing Violence: Unmasking the Mentality of Human Destructiveness elucidates the mentality of destructive behavior with the hopes that in the future, the trend may be reversed th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whitaker, Leighton C.
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2000.
Series:Pacific Institute series on forensic psychology.
Subjects:
Violence > Prevention.
Crime prevention.
Social psychology.
Forensic psychology.
Psychology, Social
Psychologie sociale.
Psychologie légale.
social psychology.
Crime prevention
Forensic psychology
Social psychology
Violence > Prevention
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:More violence has been perpetrated in the 20th century than in the two previous centuries combined. Understanding and Preventing Violence: Unmasking the Mentality of Human Destructiveness elucidates the mentality of destructive behavior with the hopes that in the future, the trend may be reversed through enlightenment. But in order to choose to be constructive, rather than destructive, there must first be an understanding.This book takes a hard look at an alarming trend. It provides a focused view of the new wave of violence - from the individual to the global levels. It. traces the influe.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (242 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0429246439
9780429246432
1439832609
9781439832608