CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON VIOLENCE (FROM VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 1975 BY DUNCAN CHAPELL AND JOHN MONAHAN - SEE NCJ 29557)

• NCJ Number: 29558
• Author(s): M WOLFGANG
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: Lexington Books
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A SOCIOLOGICALLY-ORIENTED OVERVIEW OF VIOLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE SOCIETAL CAUSES OF DELINQUENCY AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR.

Abstract

SOME GENERAL RESEARCH FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS RELATED TO VIOLENCE ARE REVIEWED. THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT DELINQUENCY IS ONE MEANS OF COMPENSATING FOR EXPLOITATION AND REDUCED LIFE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT UNDERLYING FRUSTRATION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO VIOLENT IMPULSES AND THEIR EXPRESSION.