CRIM 103 Chapter 5: crim 103 chapter 5
9 Feb 2017
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Interpreted as aggressive in intent but behaviour is indirect. Males imply more direct forms of aggression, females reply on indirect aggression. Hostile aggression occurs in response to anger inducing conditions such as insults, physical attacks. Instrumental aggression begins with competition or the desire for some object possessed by another person- jewellery, money, territory. Tries to get these objects no matter what cost. Goal: obtain items of value, no intent to harm. Criticisms: many aggressive acts have many motives. Aggression- behaviour perpertrated or attempted with the intention of harming one or more individuals physically or psychologically or to destory an object. Aggressive behaviour will not always qualify as criminal. Destructive physical aggression intentionally directed at harming another person or things. All violence behaviour are aggressive behaviour but not all aggressive behaviour is violent. Humans are programmed agressive to defend themselves, family, and territory from intruders. Humans become violent by acquiring aggressive modes and actions from society psychoanalytical/ psychodynamic view point.
