The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War

ISBN13: 9780199738403ISBN10: 0199738408 Hardback, 576 pages
Jun 2012,  Not Yet Published

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The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War synthesizes the theoretical and empirical work of leading scholars in the evolutionary sciences to produce the first extensive and authoritative review of this literature. The handbook includes chapters on intimate partner violence, child abuse, sibling violence, suicide, adolescent bullying, sexual abuse, religious terrorism, animal cruelty, and several chapters addressing human and non-human intergroup aggression and war. This breadth of coverage is unique, and ensures that the handbook provides essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of psychology, anthropology, criminology, sociology, ethology, biology, and behavioral ecology.

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  • Provides the first extensive and authoritative review of the literature in this field.
  • Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series.

Product Details

576 pages; 7 x 10; ISBN13: 978-0-19-973840-3ISBN10: 0-19-973840-8

About the Author(s)

Todd K. Shackelford, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Much of his research addresses sexual conflict in humans, including violence, rape, and homicide.

Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford, Ph.D., is Special Lecturer in Psychology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Her research focuses on conflict in parent-child and other familial relationships.

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