Male violence

1 Introduction: Male violence in perspective - John Archer. Part 1 - Aggression in childhood. 2 The relationship between playful and aggressive fighting in children, adolescents and adults - Michael J. Boulton. 3 Aggression and dominance in the social world of boys - Glenn Weisfeld. 4 Bullying in schools and the issue of sex differences - Yvette Ahmad and Peter K. Smith. Part 2 - Intermale violence. 5 Delinquent gangs - Arnold P. Goldstein. 6 Warrior values: a socio-historical survey - Barry McCarthy. 7 Violence between men - John Archer. Part 3 - Violence towards women and children. 8 Putting relationship aggression in its place: contextualizing some recent research - Robin Goodwin. 9 Marital violence: an interactional perspective - Neil Frude. 10 Sexual violence against women: characteristics of typical perpetrators - Paul Pollard. 11 Family violence in a social context: factors relating to male abuse of children - Bernice Andrews. 12 Child sexual abuse - Kevin Browne. Part 4 Explanations and theoretical perspectives. 13 Genetic and hormonal influences on male violence - Angela K. Turner. 14 Evolutionary psychology of male violence - Martin Daly and Margo Wilson. 15 Traditional socialization theoriies of violence: a critical examination - John P. Hoffmann, Timothy O. Ireland and Cathy Spatz Widom. 16 Power and male violence - John Archer. 17 Men and the meaning of violence - Anne Campbell and Steven Muncer. 18 Male violence: towards an integration - Paul Gilbert

'...It offers eighteen chapters of empirically researched arguments and perspectives on violence augmented by a myriad of theoretical positions.'

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