Open AccessMeasuring human aggression: How to identify someone who intends to do harm
Author(s) -
DHum John D. Byrnes
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of emergency management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.345
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2374-8702
pISSN - 1543-5865
DOI - 10.5055/jem.2003.0020
Subject(s) - aggression , harm , statistician , terrorism , futures contract , psychology , government (linguistics) , criminology , poison control , social psychology , law , political science , medicine , medical emergency , business , linguistics , philosophy , finance , pathology
According to the New York Post, New York police officers are to be on the lookout for “men who appear freshly shaven with cuts or nicks-which could indicate a beard had just been removed-as well as anyone with ill-fitting uniforms or ‘unfamiliar forms’ of identification.” 1 American citizens are anxious about their futures, partly because of the inability to identify a terrorist. Consulting statistician W. Edwards Deming popularized the phrase, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”As part of a mission to prevent human aggression, the author has developed a means of measuring aggression, for use in schools, businesses, and government agencies. After September 11, 2001, these principles of measurement were extended to include identifying a terrorist. This article describes the Complete Aggression Continuum, as well as how and why measuring aggression works.