Open AccessThe evolution of violence and aggression today: an integral analysis of the conduct of deviance
Author(s) -
Martina Bochicchio
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
rivista di psicopatologia forense, medicina legale, criminologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2610-9018
DOI - 10.4081/psyco.2020.548
Subject(s) - deviance (statistics) , aggression , criminology , psychology , social psychology , sociology , epistemology , philosophy , computer science , machine learning
For centuries philosophers, playwrights and theologians have been discussing this issue: what makes people evil? Being aggressive is an inherent aspect of man. Aggressiveness is deeply part of a person's very nature. What governs and directs it, the preconditions that incentivize and empower it, and the processes that make it chronic, continue to be subjects of investigation in the science of the mind.