SOCIAL CONTEXT OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR - A SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY IN AN ISRAELI IMMIGRANT TOWN

• NCJ Number: 40584
• Author(s): E MARX
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 145 pages
• Sale Source: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

CONCLUSIONS FROM THE STUDY INDICATE THAT VIOLENCE IS PURPOSEFUL BEHAVIOR THAT OCCURS IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONS, AND THAT THE VIOLENT PERSON IS COGNIZANT OF HIS ACTS GEARED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC IN A DRAMATIC MANNER.

Abstract

THESE CONCLUSIONS ARE THE OUTCOME OF FINDINGS AFTER TWO YEARS' ANTHROPOLOGICAL FIELDWORK IN A COMMUNITY OF MOROCCAN IMMIGRANTS IN AN ISRAELI NEW TOWN. FOCUSING ON SOME OF THE MOST COMMON KINDS OF PERSONAL VIOLENCE OBSERVED DURING THAT TIME, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES IN DETAIL INCIDENTS OF WIFE AND CHILD BEATING, THREATS, ASSAULTS, SHOPWRECKING AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. FROM PARTICULAR OBSERVATION OF THESE, HE MOVES TO COMMENT ON THE GENERAL SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF VIOLENCE AND PRESENTS HIS THEORIES ON VIOLENT BEHAVIOR. IN CONCLUSION THE AUTHOR SHOWS THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF VIOLENCE, AND THAT FRUSTRATION/AGGRESSION THEORIES CAN EXPLAIN ONLY A LIMITED RANGE OF VIOLENCE. HE CONTENDS THAT THERE IS A MARKED CORRELATION BETWEEN THE SITUATION AND THE TYPE OF VIOLENCE WHICH IT PRODUCES, AND FROM THIS OBSERVATION FORMS A GENERAL SOCIAL-ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TYPES OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AND THEIR SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)....TWH