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Factors
a) Heredity and environment
b) Hormones
c) Serotonin synapses
b. Hormones
Most fighting in the animal kingdom is by
males competing for mates or females
defending their young.
Male aggressive behavior depend heavily
on testosterone, which is highest for
adult males in the reproduction season.
But the effect of testosterone in
aggressive behaviour are often smaller
than most people expect, because
violence depends on other chemicals as
well, especially cortisol and serotonin
c. Serotonin synapse
Aggressive Behavior
and
Humans
Follow up studies on people released from prison
have found that those with lower serotonin turnover
had a greater probability of further convictions for
violent crimes.