CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AS CAUSES OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR ISSUE NO 15 - CANADA

• NCJ Number: 48779
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 35 pages
• Corporate Author: Printing and Publishing Supply and Services Canada
• Sale Source: Printing and Publishing Supply and Services Canada
• Language: French; English
• Country: Canada
• Note: PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE OF CANADA, APRIL 11, 1978

Annotation

A NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST AND RESEARCHER DISCUSSES HIS WORK ON HUMAN VIOLENCE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO DEPRIVATION OF PHYSICAL AFFECTION EARLY IN LIFE.

Abstract

THE DISCUSSION IS IN THE FORM OF TESTIMONY PRESENTED BEFORE A COMMITTEE OF THE CANADIAN SENATE. THE WITNESS DISCUSSES HIS STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF EARLY EXPERIENCES ON BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES INDICATING A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEPRIVATION OF PHYSICAL AFFECTION AND NURTURANCE IN THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE. THESE STUDIES LED TO THE CONCLUSION THAT FAILURE OF NURTURANCE IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, BEGINNING WITH THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP, IS THE PRINCIPAL FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALIENATION, PSYCHOPATHY, VIOLENCE, AND AGGRESSION. THE BULK OF THE TESTIMONY CONSISTS OF THE WITNESS' COMMENTS ACCOMPANYING FILM AND SLIDE PRESENTATIONS IN WHICH THE FINDINGS OF EXPERIMENTAL (ANIMAL) AND CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES ON THE ORIGINS OF HUMAN VIOLENCE ARE ILLUSTRATED. THE WITNESS ALSO RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS POSED BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS. --IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH. (LKM)