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Evolutionary psychology and violence : a primer for policymakers and public policy advocates

Each chapter in this volume poses a public policy issue related to violence, describes aspects of evolutionary psychology that are relative, and then posits public policy recommendations based on this psychological model.
Print Book, English, 2002
Praeger, Westport, Conn., 2002
pages.
9780275974671, 0275974677
1038167073
Foreword by Joseph Graves Jr. Preface by Richard W. Bloom and Nancy K. Dess The Evolution of Scientific Psychology and Public Policy: On Violence and Its Antidotes by Richard W. Bloom The Social Implications of Evolutionary Psychology: Linking Brain Biochemistry, Toxins, and Violent Crime by Roger D. Masters Psychopathy as an Adaptation: Implications for Society and Social Policy by Stuart Kinner Combating Rape: Views of an Evolutionary Psychologist by Linda Mealey Mate Homicide: TBA by David Buss Fear and Death and Social Behavior: The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski An Evolutionary Perspective on Intercultural Conflict: Basic Mechanisms and Implications for Immigration Policy by Harold D. Fishbein and Nancy K. Dess Global Conflict Resolution: An Anthropological Diagnosis of Problems with World Governance by Christopher Boehm Violence and Its Antidotes: Promises and Pitfalls of Evolutionarily Aware Policy Development by Nancy K. Dess Index