ISBN:
9780849322655
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (242 p)
Series Statement:
Pacific Institute Series on Forensic Psychology
Parallel Title:
Print version Understanding and Preventing Violence : The Psychology of Human Destructiveness
DDC:
303.6
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Front cover; Preface; The Author; Acknowledgments; Dedication; Contents; Chapter 1. Dilemmas for the 21st Century; Chapter 2. Social Inducements to Paralethal and Lethal Violence; Chapter 3. Inhibiting Fatal Group and Institutional Aggression; Chapter 4. The Central Intelligence Agency and Lethal Violence; Chapter 5. Lethal Violence by Entire Governments; Chapter 6. Transcendence: Constructive vs. Destructive Mentality; Index; Back cover
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
