This seminal book offers an insightful portrait of chronic predatory offenders, problem police officers, and others with a demonstrated propensity for violent conduct. Dr. Toch explores the personal motives, attitudes, assumptions, and perceptions of men who are recurrently violent.

• How patterned and consistent is the violence of such men?
• What are the dynamics of their escalating encounters?
• What personal dispositions and orientations are most apt to lead to violence?
• What can these observations tell us about the nature of human interaction, and violence itself?

This seminal book offers an insightful portrait of chronic predatory offenders, problem police officers, and others with a demonstrated propensity for violent conduct.