Understanding and Preventing Violence: Volume 3: Social Influences

This volume examines social influences on violent events and violent behavior, particularly concentrating on how the risks of violent criminal offending and victimization are influenced by communities, social situations, and individuals; the role of spouses and intimates; the differences in violence levels between males and females; and the roles of psychoactive substances in violent events. Table of ContentsFront MatterViolent Victimization and Offending: Individual-Situational-, and Community-Level Risk FactorsViolence Between Spouses and Intimates: Physical Aggression Between Women and Men in Intimate RelationshipsGender and Interpersonal ViolenceAlcohol, Drugs of Abuse, Aggression, and ViolenceIndex