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Title Evolutionary psychology and violence : a primer for policymakers and public policy advocates / edited by Richard W. Bloom and Nancy Dess ; foreword by Joseph Graves, Jr.

Imprint Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  303.6 Ev64 2003    ---  Available
Description xiii, 288 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series Psychological dimensions to war and peace
Note Harvey Langholtz, series editor--T.p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Evolution of scientific psychology and public policy : on violence and its antidotes / Richard W. Bloom -- Social implications of evolutionary psychology : linking brain biochemistry, toxins, and violent crime / Roger D. Masters -- Psychopathy as an adaptation : implications for society and social policy / Stuart Kinner -- Combating rape : views of an evolutionary psychologist / Linda Mealey -- Homicide : an evolutionary psychological perspective and implications for public policy / David M. Buss and Joshua D. Duntley -- Fear of death and social behavior : the anatomy of human destructiveness / Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski -- Evolutionary perspective on intercultural conflict : basic mechanisms and implications for immigration policy / Harold D. Fishbein and Nancy Dess -- Global conflict resolution : an anthropological diagnosis of problems with world governance / Christopher Boehm -- Violence and its antidotes : promises and pitfalls of evolutionarily aware policy development / Nancy Dess.
Subject Violence -- Psychological aspects.
Social conflict -- Psychological aspects.
Genetic psychology.
Violence -- Government policy.
Social conflict -- Government policy.
Added Author Bloom, Richard W., 1944-
Dess, Nancy Kimberly.
Langholtz, Harvey J., 1948-
ISBN 0275974677 (alk. paper)

 
    
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