The Infant Mental Health Journal and the Early
Origins of Male Violence Conference
The Infant Mental Health Journal—the official journal of the World Association for Infant Mental Health—has published a special issue on the topic of the Early Biopsychosocial Development of Boys and the Origins of Violence in Males. The publication is the scholarly basis of the conference. It follows an earlier journal publication related to this subject of boys at risk in early life that can be accessed here. Some of the contributors and titles to the January 2019 publication follow (access article by clicking on title):
- Kenneth Corvo, University of Syracuse, Early life risk for domestic violence perpetration: Implications for practice and policy
- Andrea Glenn, University of Alabama, Early life predictors of callous-unemotional and psychopathic traits
- Paul Golding, Santa Fe Boys Educational Foundation & Hiram Fitzgerald, Michigan State University, The early biopsychosocial development of boys and the origins of violence in males
- Jorge Garcia, James Heckman, & Anna Ziff, University of Chicago, Early childhood education and crime
- Sara Jaffee, University of Pennsylvania, Lead exposure and child maltreatment as models for how to conceptualize early-in-life risk factors for violence
- Sarah Terrell & Elisabeth Conradt, University of Utah, Lynn Dansereau, Linda LaGrasse, & Barry Lester, Brown University, A developmental origins perspective on the emergence of violent behavior in males with prenatal substance exposure
- Richard Mizen, University of Exeter, The affective basis of violence
- Adrian Raine, University of Pennsylvania, A neurodevelopmental perspective on male violence
- Stephanie Sitnick, Caldwell University, Cardee Galan & Daniel Shaw, University of Pittsburgh, Early childhood predictors of boys’ antisocial and violent behavior in early adulthood
- Richard E. Tremblay & Sylvana Cote, University of Montreal, Sex differences in the development of physical aggression: An intergenerational perspective and implications for preventive interventions
- Shannon Savell, Sean Womack, & Melvin Wilson, University of Virginia, Daniel Shaw, University of Pittsburgh, Thomas Dishion, Arizona State University, Considering the role of early discrimination experiences and the parent-child relationship in the development of disruptive behaviors in adolescence