RESEARCH AND THEORY ON AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE

• NCJ Number: 2853
• Author(s): R ULRICH; M WOLFE
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 17 pages
• Grant Number(s): N00014 67 A 0421 0001; NR 171 0 87
• Corporate Author: Western Michigan University
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SUGGESTS SOME POSSIBLE GENERALIZATIONS FROM RESEARCH FINDINGS ON AGGRESSION TO PRESENT CULTURAL PROBLEMS AND THE CONTROL OF AGGRESSION.

Abstract

THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THEORY DEVELOPED IS THAT AGGRESSIVE PEOPLE ARE THE PRODUCTS OF CONDITIONS IMPOSED UPON THEM BY SOCIETY. UNTIL SOCIETAL CONDITIONS CHANGE, THE AUTHORS CONTEND, AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR WILL CONTINUE.