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This volume contians the proceedings of the XIV World Meeting of the International Society for the Research on Aggression: Prevention and Control of Aggression and the Impact on its Victims, held in July 9-14, 2000, in Valencia, Spain. Aggression is an aspect of human society that has interested scientists for many decades, and their work has provided important knowledge about its causes and way to prevent and control this behaviour. However, not only scientists but many professionals working in the wide spectrum of society, from family to international policy, are interested in having programmes of interventions capable of reducing aggression and violence in our society. This book is a compendium of most research approaches that are taking place in the field of aggression, focusing on the interventions to control and prevent this behaviour and the impact on its victims. The chapters of the book include biological approaches to aggression, such as neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, genetics and psychopathology; information about aggression in children and adolescents in different settings such as family, school and community; characteristics if aggression in specific relationships such as marital and sexual, and specific settings such as bars, prisons and traffic; and cultural approaches to aggression, social prejudice, war and programmes of peace. Furthermore, a small number of representative chapters about victims are included, ranging from the impact of aggression on behaviour and physiology in animal models to victims of war. As this book highlights, the interventions to prevent and control aggression have to be diverse (highly heterogenic) in order to deal with all aspects of human beings and society, ranging from pharmacological control in individuals to programmes of peace to promote respect among people and among nations. Scientists, academics and professionals dealing with any facet of aggression and its impact on our society should obtain in this book information about the complexity of this research field and the ways to approach our objective: eliminate aggression from the human behavioural repertoire.
