The growing trend of violent and aggressive behavior in a world that knows no boundaries of space or other characteristics (gender, race, religious affiliation) in the context of political developments in the institutional environment and family and emotional relationships, often raising the question of its causes and factors that contribute to its expression. This paper deals with the theoretical analysis of just causes and factors of violence, with a special research effort focuses on interpersonal violence, the most common form of manifestation of aggressive behavior. Under these considerations, the theoretical constructs were selected to contribute to the understanding of domestic violence as dangerous violations of human rights and the manifestation of dominance and power in the family setting.Rastući trend nasilničkog i agresivnog ponašanja u svetu ne poznaje prostorne granice ili druge karakteristike (pol, rasu, versku pripadnost). Nasilje koje se javlja u kontekstu političkih zbivanja, u institucionalnom okruženju ili u porodici i partnerskim odnosima, ima svoje kompleksne uzroke i faktore koji doprinose njegovom ispoljavanju. Ovaj rad se bavi teorijskom analizom uzroka i faktora nasilja. Poseban istraživački napor usmeren je na oblike i faktore inter- personalnog nasilja, kao najčešćeg oblika ispoljavanja agresivnog ponašanja. U okviru tih razmatranja, teorijski konstrukti treba da doprinesu razumevanju i nasilja u porodici kao opasne povrede ljudskih prava i načina ispoljavanja dominacije i moći u porodičnom okruženju
