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Revisiting the Clockwork Orange: A Review of Theories of Aggressive Behaviour from the Perspective of the Ecological Systems Theory

This paper aims to provide an analysis of principal theories and empirically proven risk and protective factors in the aetiology of violence and aggressive behavior from the perspective of the Ecological systems theory. The paper is set to review theoretical and empirical findings on key factors in the development of aggressive behavior. It starts with the individual level (genes, individual traits), across the microsystem and mesosystem (family, school, peers), through the exosystem (community, media, parent’s workplace) only to include the broadest aspect of the macrosystem (culture, norms, governance, war, natural disasters). We present an overview of the most recent research findings on aggressiveness and violent behavior as an impetus for public-health strategies and educational interventions that could prevent the development of aggression and violence in at-risk populations.

theories of aggression ; aetiology ; Ecological systems theory ; violence ; risk and protective factors

Associate Professor Goran Livazović, Ph.D., Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. Croatia. ** Karlo Bojčić, Teaching Assistant, Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. Croatia. The work of a PhD candidate Karlo Bojčić has been fully supported by the "Young Researchers Career Development Project – training of doctoral students" of the Croatian Science Foundation funded by the European Union from the European Social Fund. The research for this publication has been conducted within the framework of the Installation Research Project titled "Croatian Violence Monitor: A Study of the Phenomenology, Aetiology, and Prosecution of Delinquent Violence with Focus on Protecting Particularly Vulnerable Groups of Victims", funded by the Croatian Science Foundation (UIP- 05-2017-8876). See: www.violence-lab.eu.