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Abstract

Violence is the preeminent evil of our day. Though the causes of destructive violence in our society are complex, the troublesome human emotions of anger and rage play a central role in the genesis of violent behavior and psychopathology in general. In this paper, the author discusses forensic evaluation and psychotherapeutic treatment via "existential depth psychology"-a synthesis of Freudian, Jungian, and existential theory-focusing on the overlooked links between repressed anger or rage, pathological narcissism, antisocial personality, and violent behavior.