Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-164) and index.
Contents
Parental causes of individual differences in violence : abuse, disharmony and irritability -- Irritability in depressed mothers : a hidden cause of violence? -- Low income versus single parenting, low intelligence and the underclass culture as causes of parental abuse, disharmony and irritability -- Inequality : the direct effect of economics and culture on the prevalence of adult male violence -- Gender : the outwardly-directed violence of depressed men and the inwardly-directed violence of depressed women -- Biology : not a major cause of differences in violence between men -- Explaining the unprecedented rise in violence against the person since 1987.
