PSYC 3402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Internal Control, Anger Management, Social Learning Theory

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3402
• Professor: Brittany Blaskovits

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Aggression - any behaviour with the immediate intent to cause physical or psychological harm to another individual who is motivated to avoid the harm (blais, Violence - aggression that has extreme harm as its goal (e. g. , death; anderson & What do we consider violent crime in canada: homicide, attempted murder, robbery (implies threat of violence) Sexual offences: major & common assaults, uttering threats. Criminal harassment: weapons charges, other crimes against persons (forcible confinement) 1 in 8 criminal incidents are violent (dauvergne, 2008: overall, violent crime has remained relatively stable (slight decrease since the early 1990s) 67% of federal offenders are serving time for violent crime (>2 years; public safety. Police-reported violent crime is an underestimation of the actual victimization rate of violent crime: why don"t more people report, victim dealt with incident in another way (60%, not important enough (53%, did not want police involved (42%)