The biology of violence : how understanding the brain, behavior, and environment can break the vicio...
The biology of violence : how understanding the brain, behavior, and environment can break the vicio...
The biology of violence : how understanding the brain, behavior, and environment can break the vicious circle of aggression / Debra Niehoff.
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New York, NY : Free Press, c1999.
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N616.8582/22
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English
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Physical content
xi, 353 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Seeds of Controversy -- 2. The Vicious Circle -- 3. From Wilderness to Lab Bench: Animal Models of Aggression -- 4. All the Right Connections -- 5. Bad Chemistry -- 6. Raging Hormones -- 7. Out of Their Minds -- 8. Leading the Charge -- 9. Picking Up the Pieces.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Free Press, c1999.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1999.
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Summary
"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."--BOOK JACKET. "Niehoff brings t...
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The biology of violence : how understanding the brain, behavior, and environment can break the vicious circle of aggression / Debra Niehoff.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-332) and index.
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c1999.
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N616.8582/22
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74Vvz2jLox6X
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0743237765 (pbk)
9780684831329
0684831325
9780684831329 :
0684831325 :
9780743237765 (pbk)
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616.8582
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991009272769702626
