Violent Men

This seminal book offers an insightful portrait of chronic predatory offenders, problem police officers, and others with a demonstrated propensity for violent conduct. Dr. Toch analyzes the personal motives, attitudes, assumptions, and perceptions of men who are recurrently violent. How patterned and consistent is the violence of such men? What are the dynamics of their escalating encounters? What personal dispositions and orientations are most apt to lead to violence? This special, 25th Anniversary Edition examines renewed debates over police violence, and offers new clinical applications, and reflections from preeminent clinicians and scholars on the widespread impact and enduring power of Dr. Toch's classic work.