Citation

Stingo NR, Zazzi MC. Vertex 2005; 16(61): 178-187.

Vernacular Title

Evaluacion de la heteroagresividad.

Affiliation

Psiquiatra Forense de la Justicia Nacional, Jefe del Depto. de Docencia e Investigación, Hospital José T. Borda. nstingo@reme.com.ar

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Polemos)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15957012

Abstract

In this article we describe topics associated with violence and aggressiveness. We review the psychological, social and neurobiological bases of aggressiveness according to different theoretical views. Different ideas about dangerousness are listed, and at the same time we try to delimit this term within the forensic psychiatric field. We classify different types of dangerousness and their relation with related psychiatric disorders. Finally, we locate dangerousness in the Civil and the Criminal Code and we supply scales for its assessment.

Language: es