1. Introduction and Background: Sleep Disruption as a Pathway to Aggression and Violence -- 2. Risk, Protective, and Mechanistic Factors for the Association Between Sleep-Related Aggression and Violence -- 3. Overview of Sleep Disorders and Their Relationships to Aggression -- 4. Assessment of Sleep and Sleep Disruption -- 5. Interventions for Sleep Disruption -- 6. Special Considerations: Institutional Aggression and Reciprocal Influences -- 7. Conclusions and Future Directions: Recommendations for Policy, Practice, and Research -- . .-.

This brief recognizes aggression and violent behavior as a public health crisis and provides a review of the role of sleep disruption as a precursor to aggression. It offers clinical practitioners and researchers a synopsis of sleep assessments and intervention strategies that can be utilized to enhance sleep quality/quantity or target sleep disorders along with an overview of the potential effects that sleep interventions may have on aggressive behaviors. The volume also gives special consideration to the possible contributions of sleep disruption in institutional aggression. It provides recommendations for such environments (i.e., correctional facilities, nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, schools) to inform policy and future research efforts.