From a review of the first edition "An excellent book on human aggression...It is comprehensive and provides a useful and up-to-date summary of recent lines of research, yet it is easily read and understood by advanced undergraduate and graduate-level students." (AAAS Science Books and Films)

• Aggression: Definition and Perspectives.- Methods for the Systematic Study of Aggression.- Development of Aggression.- Social Determinants of Aggression. External Determinants of Human Aggression.- Individual Determinants of Aggression.- Biological Bases of Human Aggressive Behavior.- Aggression in Natural Settings.- The Prevention and Control of Human Aggression.- Index.