# Things of Darkness

- 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](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/things-darkness)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-things-darkness/da5514a78a21) (YouTube)
2. [Perpetrators of Human Violence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-things-darkness/f5a1d1f122d7) (YouTube)
3. [Can We Treat Violence?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-things-darkness/616ad826b5a3) (YouTube)