Gun violence affects society in many ways, including higher medical costs, reductions in quality of life because of fear of gun violence, and stresses on the criminal justice system.

Psychology of Violence is a multidisciplinary research journal devoted to violence and extreme aggression, including identifying the causes of violence from a psychological framework, finding …

Physical abuse is deliberately aggressive or violent behavior by one person toward another that results in bodily injury.

Jan 1, 2013 · Learn how to deal with anger and whether you are at risk for violent behavior, recognize warning signs of violence in others, and discover what you can do to help. People often commit …

The article discusses the importance of a comprehensive definition of violence, outlining its essential elements and implications for research, prevention, and treatment.

Jan 1, 2026 · Political violence—including domestic terrorism and targeted violence—has long shaped U.S. history, according to Thomas Zeitzoff, PhD, an associate professor at American University in …

May 5, 2025 · To effectively address support for intergroup violence, we must understand the psychology promoting it. Dehumanization—the explicit and blatant denial of an outgroup’s …

Provides a broad-based and multidisciplinary analysis of aggression and violence, their negative consequences, and promising interventions.

Acts of violence are influenced by multiple factors, often acting together. We summarize evidence on some major risk factors and protective factors for youth violence, highlighting individual and …

Accurate definitions of phenomena are essential to any scientific enterprise. A definition of violence should be fully capable of accounting for the exclusion of behaviors such as accidents and self …