Accounting for Aggression

First published in 1985, this book provides a comprehensive synthesis and assessment of popular writings and other contemporary theory and research on aggression and violence. The author presents a variety of accounts of aggression, drawing on original work in the areas of biology, sociobiology, ethology, psychology and sociology.

Thanks and Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Issues of Definition 2. Biological Approaches to Aggression and Violence 3. Ethological and Sociobiological Approaches to Aggression 4. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Aggression and Violence 5. Laboratory and Experimental Approaches to Aggression and Violence 6. Social Accounts of Aggression and Violence 7. Towards a Synthesis. References. Index.