PSY328H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sex Offender, Conduct Disorder, Classical Conditioning
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Physical only? punch? what if you miss, is that still violence? yes = intention physical damage vs. psychological damage - secretly videotaping, stalking, threatening - feel unsafe, anxious. Intention (murder) was not as important as what happened in the end instrumental violence - committed to meet another goal - means to an ends - shoot to cover up a crime, collect insurance etc. Reactive violence - lose temper and lash out - most common cause for violent crime. Who is more dangerous? guy grabs kitchen knife & stabs wife 30x or assassin who sneaks in and shoots once & leaves. Dangerousness case by case - look at the person, what they did & would they do it again. Vague - what will they do? what exactly does dangerous mean stable trait - fundamental bias - dangerousness is considered trait predicts violence - likely to be violent again and that"s it.
