Follows the activities of a youth gang, showing how aggression is used to assert dominance and territoriality; is provoked by frustration; and is displaced onto others. The frustration-aggression hypothesis is discussed and demonstrated in a laboratory experiment. Modifications to the hypothesis point to frustration as a key element in provoking aggression. Considers the importance of the psychological training of police who intervene in aggressive disputes.
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ACMI Identifier
321454
Language
English
Subject categories
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Police discretion
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Gangs
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Juvenile delinquency
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social case work with youth
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Police training
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aggressiveness (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behaviorism (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Conflict (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Developmental psychology - Case studies
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Frustration
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hostility (Psychology)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)