Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research: Volume 9 Issue 1

Editorial

Jane L. Ireland, Robert J. Cramer

Sexual sadism and criminal versatility: does sexual sadism spillover into nonsexual crimes?

Matt DeLisi, Alan Drury, Michael Elbert, Katherine Tahja, Daniel Caropreso, Timothy Heinrichs

Sexual sadism is a well-known risk factor for severe forms of sexual violence including sexual homicide and serial sexual homicide. The research is decidedly mixed about the…

Personality dimensions and attitudes towards peace and war

Herbert H. Blumberg, Ruth Zeligman, Liat Appel, Shira Tibon-Czopp

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between major personality dimensions and attitudes towards peace and war.

The importance of the political order for peace

Janja Mikulan Kildi, Victor Cepoi

The purpose of this paper is to address the issue of security challenges in the selected states in Eurasia and Central and Eastern Europe from the perspective of peace and…

Examining factors influencing sentencing decisions in school shootings

Sherzine McKenzie, James William Crosby

The purpose of this paper is to examine public perception of factors relevant in sentencing decision making for juvenile school shooters with a history of familial abuse, peer…

Contact sport participation predicts instrumental aggression, not hostile aggression, within competition: quasi-experimental evidence

Andrew M. Sherrill, Lauren T. Bradel

Findings are mixed with regard to the link between contact sport participation and aggression. One possibility is that contact sport participation may be associated with…

Exploration of the risk factors contained within the UK’s existing domestic abuse risk assessment tool (DASH): do these risk factors have individual predictive validity regarding recidivism?

Louise Almond, Michelle McManus, David Brian, Daniel Peter Merrington

The purpose of this paper is to explore risk factors contained in the existing UK domestic abuse (DA) risk assessment tool: domestic abuse, stalking and harassment and…

Dangers of workplace bullying: evidence from the Caribbean

Dwayne Devonish

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether person-related bullying, work-related bullying, and physically intimidating bullying predict three forms of job strain: physical…