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Volume 13 investigates the ways in which age, gender, socioeconomic circumstances, and genetics affect aggressive behavior and vulnerability to alcoholism.
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN
ALCOHOLISM VOLUME 13 ALCOHOL AND VIOLENCE
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN
Edited by
MARC GALANTER New York University School of Medicine New York, New York
Associate Editors HENRI BEGLEITER, RICHARD DEITRICH, RICHARD FULLER, DONALD GALLANT, DONALD GOODWIN, EDWARD GOTTHEIL, ALFONSO PAREDES, MARCUS ROTHSCHILD, and DAVID VAN THIEL
Assistant Editor DEIRDE WINCZEWSKI
An Official Publication of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the Research Society on Alcoholism. This series was founded by the National Council on Alcoholism.
ALCOHOLISM VOLUME 13 ALCOHOL AND VIOLENCE
Epidemiology Neurobiology Psychology Family Issues
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Editorial Board Chair: James D. Beard, Ph.D. Irina Anokhina, Ph.D. Howard C. Becker, Ph.D. Marlene O. Berman, Ph.D. Stefan Borg, M.D. Michael E. Charness, M.D. Allan C. Collins, Ph.D. Christopher L. Cunningham, Ph.D. Philippe A.J. De Witte, Ph.D. Michael J. Eckardt, Ph.D. V. Gene Erwin, Ph.D. Daniel Flavin, M.D. H. Werner Goedde, M.D.
Chair Emeritus and Founder: Charles S. Lieber, M.D. Adrienne S. Gordon, Ph.D. Kathleen A. Grant, Ph.D. Consuelo Guerri, Ph.D. Victor Hesselbrock, Ph.D. Paula L. Hoffman, Ph.D. Hiromasa Ishii, M.D. Thomas R. Jerrells, Ph.D. Harold Kalant, M.D., Ph.D. Ting-Kai Li, M.D. John M. Littleton, Ph.D. Barbara S. McCrady, Ph.D. Robert O. Messing, M.D.
Research Society on Alcoholism President: Ivan Diamond, M.D., Ph.D. Vice President: Edward P. Riley, Ph.D. Secretary: Tina Vanderveen, Ph.D. Treasurer: Victor Hesselbrock, Ph.D. lmmediate Past President: R. Adron Harris, Ph.D. Publications Committee Chair: James D. Beard, Ph.D.
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American Society of Addiction Medicine President: David E. Smith, M.D. President-elect: G. Douglas Talbott, M.D. Secretary: Marc Galanter, M.D. Treasurer: James W. Smith, M.D. Immediate Past President: Anne Geller, M.D.
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Contributors Nancy Asdigian, Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824 Ronet Bachman, Department of Sociology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 D. Caroline Blanchard, Bekesy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Department of Anatomy and Reproductive Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, HonoIulu, Hawaii 96822 Robert J. Blanchard, Department of Psychology, Bekesy Laboratory of Neurobiology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Jenia Bober Booth, Laboratory for the Study of Addictions and UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, West Los Angeles Veterans Administration, Los Angeles, California 90073 Brad J. Bushman, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3180 Cheryl J. Cherpitel, Alcohol Research