Why do people do this !? This is often the first question that arises when we witness violence in the media or in real life. This book gives comprehensive answers: It does not explain the causes of violence from the limited perspective of a single specialist discipline, but combines the explanatory approaches from brain research, criminology, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, genetics, pedagogy, history and justice into a large, exciting and understandable one Image – in a fun way and on the cutting edge of science (s). And always close to case studies that show us the terrifying diversity of human violence: acts of violence by individual perpetrators, violence between groups, riots and riots by gangs and hooligans, violent ethnic and religious conflicts, Extreme violence in the form of amok and terror to armed conflicts and genocide. Last but not least, the knowledge from this book can help answer another big question: How can violence be contained or even prevented?

Product details

• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; August 18, 2021
• Language: German
• ISBN: 9783662633373
• ISBN: 9783662633380