The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention
Contributions of the Second World War Generation

Find out how 12 World War II babies created a unified understanding on the development and prevention of human violence.

Richard E. Tremblay (Edited by)

9781108819893, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 December 2022

398 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.576 kg

'Recommended.' C. J. Jones, Choice

This book describes the lives of 12 people born in Europe and North America during the Second World War. They became leading scholars on the development and prevention of violent human behavior. From the first to the last page, the book introduces contrasting life-stories and shows how their paths crossed to create a relatively unified body of knowledge on how human violence develops and possible prevention methods. The authors describe the similarities and differences in their family background, university training, theories, and collaborations. Not to mention how they differ in research methods, scientific conclusions, and their influence on the research published today. These comparisons celebrates the diversity of their experience and, in turn, their achievements. By knowing this, you can stand on the shoulders of these giants to look to the future of this subject and potentially contribute to its next steps.

1. Introduction Richard E. Tremblay
2. From birth in a British orphanage to assessments of American Indians' development Elizabeth Jane Costello
3. From rationing, illness and stress to the creation of a major longitudinal birth cohort Jean Golding
4. From a country girl in south Finland to longitudinal research on alternatives to aggression and violence Lea Pulkkinen
5. From occupied Netherlands to the Pittsburgh longitudinal studies Magda Stouthamer-Louber and Rolf Loeber
6. From delinquent development to old age crime David P. Farrington
7. Nurture and nature – surviving in the shadows of war Menno R. Kruk
8. From an unruly child to a political protester and a promoter of ecology-minded concept of human development Rainer K.Silbereisen
9. From the frustration-aggression hypothesis to moral reasoning and action Gian-Vittorio Caprara
10. A torturous path towards understanding and preventing the development of chronic physical aggression Richard E. Tremblay
11. From a ruined German neighborhood to resilient human development Friedrich Losel
12. The last war baby Benjamin B. Lahey
13. Comments on the autobiographies of the World War II babies by younger peers.

Subject Areas: Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Second World War [HBWQ]