The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War

Todd K. Shackelford, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Much of his research addresses sexual conflict in humans, including violence, rape, and homicide.Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford, Ph.D., is Special Lecturer in Psychology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Her research focuses on conflict in parent-child and other familial relationships.

• Contents ; Part One: Introduction to Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War ; 1. Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War ; James R. Liddle, Todd K. Shackelford, and Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford ; 2. Comparative evolutionary perspectives on violence ; Hogan M. Sherrow ; 3. Violence in chimpanzees and other non-human primates ; Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher and Melissa Emery Thompson ; Part Two: Evolutionary Perspectives on Familial Violence and Homicide ; 4. Intimate Partner Violence: War at our Doorsteps ; Aaron T. Goetz and Gorge A. Romero ; 5. Chastity, Fidelity and Conquest: Biblical Rules for Women and War ; John Hartung ; 6. Filicide and Child Maltreatment: Prospects for Ultimate Explanation ; Grant T. Harris, Marnie E. Rice and N. Zoe Hilton ; 7. Siblicide in Humans and Other Species ; Catherine Salmon ; 8. Familial homicide-suicide ; Marieke Liem ; 9. Suicide ; R. Michael Brown and Stephanie L. Brown ; 10. Evolutionary perspectives on male-male competition, violence, and homicide ; Daniel J. Kruger and Carey J. Fitzgerald ; Part Three: Evolutionary Perspectives on Extra-Familial Violence and Homicide ; 11. Evolutionary Psychological Perspectives on Sexual Offending: From Etiology to Intervention ; Joseph A. Camilleri ; 12. Women and aggression ; Anne Campbell and Catharine Cross ; 13. Culture of Honor, Violence, and Homicide ; Ryan P. Brown and Lindsey L. Osterman ; 14. Sacrifice and Sacred Values: Evolutionary Perspectives on Religious Terrorism ; Richard Sosis, Erika J. Phillips, and Candace S. Alcorta ; 15. Animal Abuse and Cruelty ; Emily G Patterson-Kane and Heather Piper ; 16. If, When, and Why Adolescent Bullying is Adaptive ; Anthony Volk, Joseph Camilleri, Andrew Dane, and Zopito Marini ; Part Four: Evolutionary Perspectives on War ; 17. The Male Warrior Hypothesis: The Evolutionary Psychology of Intergroup Aggression, Violence, and Warfare ; Mark Van Vugt ; 18. A Feminist Evolutionary Analysis of the Relationship between Violence Against and Inequitable Treatment of Women, and Conflict Within and Between Human Collectives, Including Nation-States ; Valerie M. Hudson and Andrea M. Den Boer ; 19. War Histories in Evolutionary Perspective: Insights from Prehistoric North America ; Patricia M. Lambert ; 20. War, Evolution, and the Nature of Human Nature ; David Livingstone Smith ; 21. Parasite Stress, Collectivism, and Human Warfare ; Kenneth Letendre, Corey L. Fincher, and Randy Thornhill ; 22. Band of Brothers or Band of Siblings?: An Evolutionary Perspective on Sexual Integration of Combat Forces ; Kingsley R. Browne ; 23. An Evolutionary Perspective on Child Development in the Context of War and Political Violence ; Jay Belsky ; Part Five: Conclusions and Future Directions for Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War ; 24. The Extremes of Conflict in Literature: Violence, Homicide, and War ; Joseph Carroll ; 25. Why Religion is Unable to Minimize Lethal and Nonlethal Societal Dysfunction Within and Between Nations ; Gregory S. Paul ; 26. Peace and the Human Animal: Toward Integration of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology and Peace Studies ; Nancy K. Dess ; 27. Human Violence and Evolutionary Consciousness ; Gregory Gorelik, Todd K. Shackelford, and Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

There is much to like about this book. It provides a diverse set of views and explanations related to violent behaviors, it focuses on an assortment of violent behaviors ranging from homicides to warfare, and it features leading experts on the evolutionary mechanisms related to violence. But what I found to be the most enjoyable and noteworthy aspect of the book is the eclectic group of contributors. These contributors span multiple disciplines and approach the evolutionary understanding of violence from different angles... In sum, The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War represents a top-rate book that should grace the bookshelf of any academician interested in the evolutionary underpinnings to violence. Without a doubt, the chapters will incite debate, foster future research, and perhaps most importantly will inspire future students to pursue evolutionary perspectives in their own areas of interest.