PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes -Albert Bandura, Frotteurism, Inter-Rater Reliability
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Human aggression: any behaviour directed towards another individual that is carried out with the immediate intent to cause harm. The perpetrator must believe that the behaviour will harm the target , and that the target is motivated to avoid the behaviour. Violence: aggression that has extreme harm as its goal (death) Violent crimes are 1/8 of criminal incidents. Rate of violent crime has decreased since early 1990"s. However robbery without a weapon has increased slightly. Robbery is a violent offence bc it involves an implied threat of violence. 11% of robbers involved a firearm while 60% had no weapon. Shows only 33% of violent incidents were reported. Reporting rates highest for robbery physical assaults sexual assaults. Reporting to the police more likely involving physical injury than nonphysical injury and for injuries with weapons compared to nonweapons. Common reason for not reporting was the victim dealth with it another way wasn"t important enough didn"t want police involved fear.
