The development of aggression and violence in adolescence. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert F. Marcus.
• Authors: Marcus, Robert F, 1943-
• Contents: Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Introduction; Developmental, Personality, and Situational Risk Factors for Aggression and Violence; Developmental Risk Factors; Personality Risk Factors; Situational Risk Factors; Definitions of Aggression and Violence; Measurement of Aggression and Violence; Self-Report Measures of Aggression and Violence; The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS); The Aggression Questionnaire; Parent and Teacher Ratings of Aggression and Violence; Peer Ratings of Aggression; Summary and Format of the Book; References. 2: Normative Aggression and Violence National Monitoring of Aggressive and Violent Behaviors; The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS); Corroboration of Developmental Decreases and Gender Differences in Longitudinal Research; Race/Ethnicity Differences in YRBS Findings; Risk Factors for Aggressive and Violent Behaviors; Developmental Risk Factors; Personality Risk Factors; Situational Risk Factors; Primary Prevention; Summary; References; 3: Violence in Adolescence; The Age-Violence Curve; Self-Reported versus Official Violent Offending. Official Reports of Violence: Arrest and Hospital Reports of Violence Developmental Risk Factors for Violence; Early Development of Aggression and Later Violence; The Key Importance of Early Aggression for Later Development of Violence; Person-Based Longitudinal Study of Aggression and Violence; Childhood Aggression Followed by a Cascade of Cumulative Risk Factors; Group-Based Trajectories of Violent Behavior; Gang Membership and Violence; Personality Risk Factors for Violence; Situational Risk Factors; Weapons and Violence; Substance Use and Violence; Violence Prevention. Scientific Standards for Prevention Programs Secondary and Tertiary Prevention Programs; Summary; References; 4: Intimate Partner Violence; Normative Development of Romantic Relationships as a Context for Adolescent IPV; Measures of Intimate Partner Violence in Adolescence; Comparability of IPV Measures; Prevalence of IPV Perpetration; The Age-IPV Curve; Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Aggression and Violence; Prevention of IPV in Adolescence; Summary; References; 5: Psychopathy in Adolescence; Conceptions and Misconceptions About Psychopathy. Is Psychopathy a Personality Construct (and Continuous) or a Categorical Entity (and Discontinuous)? Measures of Psychopathy and Psychopathic Traits; Prevalence of Psychopathy in Adolescence; Three Approaches to Psychopathy; Psychopathy and Trajectories for Violence during Adolescence; Treatment of Psychopathy in Adolescence; Summary; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 155.5/18232; Criminology; Aggressiveness in adolescence; Violence in adolescence; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development; PSYCHOLOGY -- General; Aggressiveness in adolescence; Violence in adolescence; Aggression; Adolescent Behavior -- psychology; Violence; Adolescent Development; Social Science -- Criminology; Social Science -- Developing Countries; Psychology -- Developmental -- Child; Juvenile offenders; Crime & criminology; Development studies; Child & developmental psychology; Violence; Crime; Juvenile delinquents; Crime—Sociological aspects; Economic development; Developmental psychology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137545633; 1137545631; 1137545623; 9781137545626
• Related ISBNs: 9781137545626; 1137545623
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 6, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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