The male abuser’s profile. Telltale biology?

Ángel Romero Martínez, Marisol Lila, Luis Moya Albiol

Abstract


Identifying markers of psychobiological predisposition to violence opens the door to prevention and intervention in the field of male violence against women. Currently, we have no effective drugs to treat abusers of women, but the development of psychotherapeutic intervention programmes and neuropsychological rehabilitation marks a promising path.

Keywords


hormones; psychobiology; neuroscience; violence against women

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.0.3174

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