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Things of Darkness

Dr Gwen Adshead · Gresham College

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About

In this lecture, Professor Gwen Adshead will explore current conceptualisations of violence, using criminological, penal and psychological perspectives. She will discuss why rates of violence appear to be falling, and whether all forms of violence are the same. She will explore the relationship between mental disorder and violence, and the concept of 'normal' violence in liberal democracies. Dr Adshead will suggest that it may be fruitful to understand violence as a multiply determined act which has meaning for the perpetrator.

Lectures

  1. The Nature of Human Violence 2015-02-04 · YouTube
  2. Perpetrators of Human Violence 2015-05-13 · YouTube
  3. Can We Treat Violence? 2015-06-17 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Dr Gwen Adshead
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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