Alcohol and Aggression

In the 1980s the relationship between alcohol and aggression and violence was a controversial one. Much of previous thinking had been based on anecdotal evidence. In contrast this book, first published in 1986, is based upon recent scientific evidence from a broad range of studies from animal experimentation to clinical and social research.

List of contents

Preface. List of Contributors. 1. The Nature of Aggression Paul F. Brain 2. Neurophysiological and Endocrinological Consequences of Alcohol Michael S. Berry and Paul F. Brain 3. Alcohol as a Psychopharmacological Agent Abdulla A.-B. Badawy 4. A Critical Evaluation of Claimed Relationships between Alcohol Intake and Aggression in Infra-human Animals Michael S. Berry and Robert Smoothy 5. Alcohol and Violence: Problems Relating to Methodology, Statistics and Causation Charles M. Evans 6. Alcohol, Rape and Sexual Assault Jeremy Coid 7. Socio-cultural Factors in Alcohol-related Aggression Jeremy Coid 8. Alcohol and Aggression – the Nature of a Presumed Relationship Paul F. Brain. Index.

About the author

Paul F. Brain

Summary

In the 1980s the relationship between alcohol and aggression and violence was a controversial one. Much of previous thinking had been based on anecdotal evidence. In contrast this book, first published in 1986, is based upon recent scientific evidence from a broad range of studies from animal experimentation to clinical and social research.

Product details

• Authors: Paul F. Brain
• Assisted by: Paul F. Brain (Editor), Brain Paul F. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032610504
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261050-4
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Alcohol and Alcoholism
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, PSYCHOLOGY / Animal & Comparative Psychology, Addiction & therapy, Psychotherapy, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Animal behaviour, Social, group or collective psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Addiction and therapy, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Zoology and animal sciences