CRM/LAW C149 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, 2016 Berlin Attack, Personality Disorder
28 Mar 2019
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Intractability, low base rate, containment, adaptation, erosion of controls, social transmission, multi-factorial risk. Genetics - violent compatibility, one"s interaction with the environment. Because of the survival functions served by aggression and by anger, violence is an inevitable element of human behavior. Aggressive behavior is instrumental in self-defense and also in the acquisition of resources. Given that resources are finite (if bountiful, there will be differential demand for them) and given that human nature is flawed, violence remains intractable, because it works. Violence seems ever-present because of media dissemination, as occurs with mass murder tragedies, which have extended story-lines and complexities. Mass violence episodes in the past 7 years: a sample. To understand violence, we must account for 2 factors inhibition and. Violence is inhibited by rule sets we have created in our environment, humanitarian. Anger is intrinsically and extrinsically related to violence. Note the variation in form and plausible motivations. Consider the variety of social transmission pathways.
