SOC 4333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Substance Abuse, Steven Pinker
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Children who are abused are more likely to engage in persistent violent offending. Human instinct: pinker: as we get away from hunting and gathering we become less violent because we settle down and stayed in one place more so we had to cooperate less we kill each other. Exopsure to violence: kids who are constantly exposed to violence ay school and home or in their environment may adopt violent methods their selves. Violent neighborhoods typically have more violent people: exposure to firearm violence, children who are exposed to firearm violence doubles the chance that they will engage in gun violence, substance abuse is linked to violence. Individual users lead to higher rates of violence. If neighborhoods have more drug and alcohol usage you normally get high rates of crimes. Economic impulsive behavior: people being violent not from drinking something but so that they can get money to support their habits.
