SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Gartner, Anti-Social Behaviour, Normative Social Influence

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Alexander Shvarts

Document Summary

War and the creation of violent cultures: dan archer and rosemary gartner (1976): wars contribute to violence. After a war, there are factors that might lead to a reduction of violence, but the return of young males might increase violent crime. ; which model explains what happens during and after war: archer and gartner two theoretical models explain the impact of war on homicide, catharsis model: wars substitute public violence for private violence. Homicide would decrease during and after the war. This model predicts increases in homicide in postwar societies. Seventeen nations showed increase in homicide rates after the two world wars. The non-combatant nations showed more decreases in homicide than increases. Only the legitimation-of-violence model is consistent with the frequent and pervasive postwar homicide increases in combatant nations. Talks to executive from company that creates missiles. Doesn"t see a problem with government engaging in war; see war as aggression due to problems in society.