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Understanding violence
Title:
Understanding violence
Author:
Scientific American, inc., editor.
ISBN:
9781684169436
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
160 pages ; 23 cm.
Series:
Scientific American explores big ideas

Scientific American explores big ideas.
Contents:
Section 1: The biology and psychology of violence -- The roots of human aggression -- Secrets of the criminal mind -- How responsible are killers with brain damage? -- Strange but true: testosterone alone does not cause violence -- Violent pride -- War Is not part of human nature -- Section 2: Violent societies -- Wrath: how intimacy can breed violence -- Citizen militias in the U.S. are moving toward more violent extremism -- Where gun stores open, gun homicides increase -- Hollywood and gun violence -- Gun homicide linked to poor social mobility -- Income inequality's most disturbing side effect: homicide -- Section 3: Race and gender violence -- The deadly consequences of hypersexualizing Asian women -- Sexual victimization by women Is more common than previously known -- News about racial violence harms black people's mental health -- It shouldn't be taboo to publish images of those killed by violence -- Section 4: Police violence -- Why cops lose control -- Killings by police declined after Black Lives Matter protests -- What "less lethal" weapons actually do -- Police violence calls for measures beyond de-escalation training -- Three ways to fix toxic policing -- Section 5: How and how not to reduce violence -- Do prisons make us safer? -- Researchers model online hate networks in effort to battle them -- The problem with protesting violence with violence -- A gunman's regret -- Peace Is more than war's absence, and new research explains how to build It.
Abstract:
"Teens are likely familiar with headlines about mass shootings and other hate crimes flashing across their smartphones. This may cause them to search for answers about what drives people to commit such brutal acts of violence. With sensitive, explanatory text, this title explores some of the biological and psychological factors that can drive hate crimes and other aggressive actions. These causes can include intimacy, bias, genetics, and some psychological conditions that can be successfully treated if properly understood"--Amazon.com.
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