Gun violence affects society in many ways, including higher medical costs, reductions in quality of life because of fear of gun violence, and stresses on the criminal justice system.
The article discusses the importance of a comprehensive definition of violence, outlining its essential elements and implications for research, prevention, and treatment.
Learn how to deal with anger and whether you are at risk for violent behavior, recognize warning signs of violence in others, and discover what you can do to help. People often commit violence as a form of emotional expression, manipulation, retaliation, and a learned behavior.
Psychology of Violence is a multidisciplinary research journal devoted to violence and extreme aggression, including identifying the causes of violence from a psychological framework, finding ways to prevent or reduce violence, and developing practical interventions and treatments. As a multidisciplinary forum, Psychology of Violence recognizes that all forms of violence and aggression are ...
Political violence—including domestic terrorism and targeted violence—has long shaped U.S. history, according to Thomas Zeitzoff, PhD, an associate professor at American University in Washington, D.C., whose research focuses on political violence and political psychology.
Provides a broad-based and multidisciplinary analysis of aggression and violence, their negative consequences, and promising interventions.
Psychology, as a discipline, largely attributes the causes of aggression, especially extreme or chronic criminal violence, to individual and familial dysfunction or pathology. The pathways to violence are considered at an individual level that includes internal characteristics of perpetrators, their immediate circumstances, and the type of violence committed. This literature review provides an ...
Acts of violence are influenced by multiple factors, often acting together. We summarize evidence on some major risk factors and protective factors for youth violence, highlighting individual and contextual factors, which often interact.