CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Booby Trap, Gossip, Practical Joke

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 103
• Professor: Bryce Westlake

Document Summary

Behavior perpetrated or attempted with the intention of harming another individual physical, psychologically, or to destroy an object. Not always a crime; not always violent: hockey fight. Destructive physical aggression intentionally directed at harming other persons or things. Lalumiere et al study: young men: violence as a means to increase status, resources, mating. Violent behavior limited to adolescence & young adulthood: competitively disadvantaged men: ability to compete in pro-social way is limited. Mirrors moffitt"s life course persistent offender: psychopaths: choose short-term high-risk approach (don"t care; don"t think about long term consequences). Refusing to perform a necessary task: verbal. Overt aggression high levels arousal & anger; physical, direct. Covert aggression less emotional based; more methodical. Hostile aggression: impulsive, reaction to real of perceived provocation or threat, goal is to make victim suffer, homicides; rapes. Instrumental aggression: no intent to harm unless interference, premeditated; aimed at achieving secondary goal, competition or desire for object of others, robberies.