Evolutionary ethics, aggression, and violence: lessons from primate research.

Natural born killers: The genetic origins of extreme violence

a r t i c l e i n f o The current article examines the influence of genetics and evolution on acts of extreme and criminal violence among human primates. Moderate aggression can function to increase an organism's reproductive success; extreme violence can place the organism at unnecessary risk. Genetic polymorphisms that have been linked to extreme acts of violence are reviewed as is research e...

Predicting and Preventing Aggression and Violence Risk in High-Risk Girls: Lessons Learned and Cautionary Tales from the Gender and Aggression Project

Animal Violence Demystified

Violence has been observed in humans and animals alike, indicating its evolutionary/biological significance. However, violence in animals has often been confounded with functional forms of aggressive behavior. Currently, violence in animals is identified primarily as either a quantitative behavior (an escalated, pathological and abnormal form of aggression characterized primarily by short attac...

Faculty Experiences with Bullying in Higher Education Causes, Consequences, and Management

Although much research has been done on workplace aggression and bullying over the past two decades, academics have paid relatively little attention to bullying in their own institutions. In this article, we discuss what is currently known about bullying in academia, with a particular focus on faculty behavior, and apply empirical and conceptual findings from research on aggression and bullying...

Assessment of Violence and Aggression in Psychiatric Settings: Descriptive Approaches

Today aggression and violence pose a major problem for public health and criminal justice systems. Aggression usually cause harm and injuries to either self, others or environment. Despite its noteworthy prevalence and serious consequences, methodological problems and difficulties derived from the innate nature of the pathology hampers research on violence and aggression. However, much has been...