NCJ Number
124351
Editor(s)
J Archer,
K Browne
Date Published
1989
Length
300 pages
Annotation
These 11 papers explore alternatives to laboratory-based social psychological methods for studying aggression in the context of the interactions, relationships, and situations in which it occurs.
Abstract
The discussions reflect the perspectives of psychology, anthropology, criminology, education, gerontology, law, medicine, political science, physiology, psychiatry, sociology, social policy, social work and zoology. Individual papers explore research methods and specific topics to which they have been applied. They focus on the basic concepts used in studying aggression, the natural history of human aggression, ethological approaches to the study of aggression in children, experimental animal models and their relevance to human behavior, and violence in school settings. Further papers consider applications of research to social issues, including anger management, domestic assault and child abuse, and abuse of the elderly. Recommendations for further research, figures, tables, chapter reference lists, author index, and subject index.