DYNAMICS OF BLACK AND WHITE VIOLENCE (FROM VIOLENCE IN AMERICA BY HUGH D. GRAHAM & TED R. GURR - SEE NCJ-000763)

• NCJ Number: 5536
• Author(s): J P COMER
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: National Commission on the Causes & Prevention of Violence
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: CHPT 11, P 341-354

Annotation

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE NEGRO IN AMERICA, FROM SLAVERY TO THE PRESENT, WITH AN ATTEMPT TO FIND THE CAUSES FOR HIS VIOLENT AND NONVIOLENT BEHAVIOR TOWARDS WHITES.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT INTERGROUP VIOLENCE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS PRIMARILY A PRODUCT OF SPECIFIC SOCIAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING, WHICH IS A NATURAL PHENOMENON RELATED TO THE NATURE OF MAN AND HIS BASIC HUMAN NEEDS. THE VIOLENCE OCCURS WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP IS DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THEIR BASIC AND MAN-MADE NEEDS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)