1. Introduction 2. Early Explanations 3. Learning of Abusiveness 4. The Psychology of the Cycle of Violence 5. The Structure of the Abusive Personality: The Data 6. The Primitive Origins of Rage 7. An Anger Born of Fear: Attachment Rage 8. The Sociopsychoneurobiology of Attachment 9. The Early Antecedents Studies 10. Longitudinal Development and Female Abusive Personalities 11. The Treatment of Assaultiveness