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Social Causes of Violence

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In addition to genetic, brain-biological and biographical constellations, the current social environment, group-dynamic effects and the overall social situation play a decisive role in the multidimensional causal structure of violence.

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Bogerts, B., Steinmetz, C. (2021). Social Causes of Violence. In: Where Does Violence Come From?. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81792-3_14

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