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

Autori
Livazović, Goran ; Bojčić, Karlo

Izvornik
Policija i sigurnost (1330-0229) 29 (2020), 3; 268-286

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni rad, znanstveni

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

Sažetak
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.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

Napomena
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.

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