NCJ Number
40585
Date Published
1976
Length
176 pages
Annotation
THIS PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED OVERVIEW EXAMINES THE SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION.
Abstract
THE TEXT DISCUSSES THE EXTENT AND MEANING OF MURDER AND PREDATORY ASSAULT IN MODERN SOCIETIES, VARIOUS THEORIES AND EXPERIMENTS DEALING WITH THE CAUSE, NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN VIOLENT BEHAVIOR, AND PROCESSES BY WHICH CHILDREN LEARN AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR. VIOLENCE IN TELEVISION AND MOVIES, CROWD AND MASS VIOLENCE, THE CONTAGION EFFECT AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE ARE ANALYZED FROM A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE....MSP