Waubonsee Community College

The biology of violence, how understanding the brain, behavior, and environment can break the vicious circle of aggression, Debra Niehoff

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-332) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The biology of violence

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Debra Niehoff

how understanding the brain, behavior, and environment can break the vicious circle of aggression

There has been a revolution in neuroscience over the last ten years, and, as Debra Niehoff shows in the first book to examine violence from a complete biological perspective, now is the right time to consider how we are going to use the achievements of that revolution to reduce the level of violence in our society. Niehoff brings together a wide range of research to show that we understand behavior in a totally unprecedented way, and that our ability to control violence effectively has never been greater. The awful consequences of violence for victims and perpetrators are not an outcome we have to accept. The vicious circle that connects bad genes, bad environment, and bad brain chemistry in a kind of feedback loop can be broken. As Niehoff shows, creating a caring, safe social environment is almost always the first step in halting the train of aggression

Seeds of controversy -- The vicious circle -- From wilderness to lab bench : animal models of aggression -- All the right connections -- Bad chemistry -- Raging hormones -- Out of their minds -- Leading the charge -- Picking up the pieces