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Book SynopsisEven if perpetrator neuro psychological factors are found to be reliably associated with aggression, it will still be necessary to demonstrate the extent to which different neuro psychological factors are marker or are causal variables in aggressive behavior.
Table of Contents1. Biological Theories of Violence.- 2. Methodological and Measurement Issues in the Study of the Neuropsychology of Aggression.- 3. Assessing Violent Behavior with Self-Reports.- 4. Neuropsychological Studies of Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Violence.- 5. Neuropsychology of Violent Behavior: Controversial Issues and New Developments in the Study of Hemisphere Function.- 6. Biological Correlates of Gender Differences in Violence.- 7. Neuropsychological Correlates of Physical Child Abuse.- 8. Physiological Reactivity of Physically Abusive and At-Risk Subjects to Child-Related Stmuli.- 9. The Neuropsychology of Marital Aggression.
