Understanding and Preventing Violence: The Psychology of Human Destructiveness

by Leighton C. Whitaker

Overview

More violence has been perpetrated in the 20th century than in the two previous centuries combined. Understanding and Preventing Violence: Unmasking the Mentality of Human Destructiveness elucidates the mentality of destructive behavior with the hopes that in the future, the trend may be reversed through enlightenment. But in order to choose to be

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040221365
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/22/2000
Series:	Pacific Institute Series on Forensic Psychology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	939 KB

About the Author

Leighton C. Whitaker

Table of Contents

Dilemmas for the 21st Century. Social Inducements to Paralethal and Lethal Violence. Inhibiting Fatal Group and Institutional Aggression. The Central Intelligence Agency and Lethal Violence. Lethal Violence by Entire Governments. Transcendence: Constructive Versus Destructive Mentalities NTI/Sales Copy

Editorial Reviews

"…author takes a hard look at an alarming trend and provides a focused perspective of a new wave of violence, from the individual to the global level…traces the influence of sexuality and the anxiety of death on human mentality and suggests ways to reverse the increase in destructive behavior…delves into the reasons and motivations prompting destructive behavior in order to promote a constructive reaction to senseless violent acts."
—Crime & Justice International

"Understanding and Preventing Violence provides a wake-up call that challenges conventional views... Whitaker, no doubt, has performed an invaluable service with this book, calling our attention to the absurdities and deceptions that can hinder formulating reasonable and meaningful approaches to comprehend the interactive nature of violence causation."
-Calvin E. Woodland, Ed.D., PsyD Ethical Human Sciences and Services


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