A Cross-Cultural Study of Aggression and Crime
- 1 September 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Vol. 3 (3) , 259-271
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002202217200300304
Abstract
The relationships of agression and crime to variables of childhood experience, adult behavior, and social structure were studied cross-culturally. The expression of aggression and crime was rated for many cultures. These ratings were then correlated with ratings of ego strength and sub-groups of the ego strength scale (Allen, 1963), variables of childhood experience (Whiting & Child, 1953; Barry, Bacon, & Child, 1967), and variables of social structure (Barry, Bacon, & Child, 1967; Ethnology, 1962, 1963). The results of the correlations are discussed with reference to some theories of aggression, crime, and suicide.Keywords
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