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Violent men : an inquiry into the psychology of violence

Title: Violent men : an inquiry into the psychology of violence / Hans Toch.
Author: Toch, Hans.
Publication: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 1992.

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Description

xv, 286 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

[This book] provides [a] portrait of chronic predatory offenders, problem police officers, and others with a demonstrated propensity for violent conduct. This revised edition explores the personal motives, attitudes, assumptions, and perceptions of men who are recurrently violent. How patterned and consistent is the violence of such men? What are the dynamics of their escalating encounters? What personal dispositions and orientations are most apt to lead to violence? "Violent Men" contains not only scholarly research on violence, but also a sense of the humanity of violent men.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-279) and index.

Contents

Violence in psychological perspective -- The violent incident as a unit of study: motives for police assaults -- The violent incident in its personal context -- The intersection of perspectives of violence -- The violence-prone person: a typology -- The anatomy of violence -- Some implications.

ISBN

1557981728
9781557981721

LCCN

92010715

OCLC

ocm25592275
25592275
SCSB-1976276

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library