Citation

Rahav G. Aggressive Behav. 1990; 16(2): 69-76.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, International Society for Research on Aggression, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/1098-2337(1990)16:2<69::AID-AB2480160202>3.0.CO;2-D

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study tries to explain why modernization is positively associated with property offenses, while it is negatively correlated with violent offences. The explanation is based on sociobiology and on the distinction between r and K evolutionary strategies. It is argued that modern societies are more likely to benefit from channeling their aggressive drive to the relatively less serious property crimes. Another derivative from the same theoretical argument is the hypothesis that in modern societies lethal aggression would be directed toward the self (resulting in suicide) rather than toward others (a behavior which would lead to homicide). Copyright © 1990 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company

Language: en

Keywords

crime; human; homicide; suicide; aggression; article; legal aspect; social behavior; biology; sociobiology