PATHS TO VIOLENCE - TOWARD A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH (FROM VIOLENCE IN ANIMAL AND HUMAN SOCIETIES, 1976 BY ARTHUR G. NEAL - SEE NCJ-40160)

• NCJ Number: 40164
• Author(s): J R SCHUCK
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: Nelson-Hall Publishers
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ARTICLE DISCUSSES VARIOUS THEORIES ON THE CAUSES OF VIOLENCE.

Abstract

THE LAW AND ORDER ARGUMENT, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, IS THAT VIOLENCE IS THE PRODUCT OF EXCESSIVE AND MISDIRECTED PERMISSIVENESS. IT PERSISTS BECAUSE THE VIOLENT DO NOT EXPECT TO BE PUNISHED. THE FRUSTRATION-AGGRESSION THEORY DOES NOT AGREE WITH THIS. PUNISHMENT, ACCORDING TO THAT THEORY, IS THE ULTIMATE FRUSTRATION AND LEADS NOT TO PEACE BUT TO FURTHER AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE. THESE AND OTHER THEORIES ARE DISCUSSED, INCLUDING THE ARGUMENT THAT VIOLENCE IS NOT PART OF CULTURAL HERITAGE BUT OF BIOLOGICAL HERITAGE. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES WHICH OF THESE THEORIES APPLIES TO ANIMAL SOCIETY....BS