JUST*3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Workplace Violence, School Violence, Verbal Abuse
Document Summary
The steps in the violence and chilling effect cycles: why people are violent, why violence is not a fact of life. The role of alcohol and jealousy in the escalation of violence. Three common communication approaches in the study of interpersonal violence. How to deal with different types of violence. Factors which contribute to violence in the workplace. There"s no denying that humans are violent creatures, e. g. mob wars, drug wars, world wars. Animals who are predators kill primarily for sustenance. Two notable exceptions to this rule = chimpanzees + humans: male chimpanzees are the more violent gender. Human males are also more prone to violent crimes than females. The search for the social causes of violence has been an ongoing preoccupation of criminologists since the early 20thcentury, when researchers attempted to look beyond biological and psychological explanations to understand crime.
