A forensic behavioral analysis of frustration and agression in their related connection to crime

1. Frustrated Aggression Understanding Aggression and Its Frustational Underpinnings Rakeem A. Chapman Boston University

2. Learned vs. Inherent

3. Defining Aggression The intent and attempt to harm another individual, physically or socially or to destroy an object OED: Hostile or destructive tendency or behaviour, held to arise from repressed feelings of inferiority, frustration or guilt. Psychologically

4. Varieties of Human Aggression Psychological

5. Anger Inducing Conditions Insults Physical attacks One’s own failures Any one of the above can result in frustration

6. Expectancy Theory When behavior is directed at a specific goal and is thwarted, frustration is likely to follow This is even more powerful when the interference is unexpected More likely to cause aggression

7. Sigmund Freud Frustration builds up on the inside and if we do not have an outlet to release it we will eventually spout off the excess frustration through aggressive behavior. Studies have shown that children involved in sports (even just as spectators) are less aggressive because they release the extra energy on the field/court or vicariously through viewership.

8. Connecting Frustration and Aggression Frustration does not always lead to aggression and aggressive behavior does not always signify frustration Frustration only FACILITATES the performance of aggressive behavior Violent Crime

9. References Aggression. (1989). Oxford English Dictionary. OxfordUniversity Press. Retrieved February 17, 2010, from Bartol, C. R., Bartol, A. M. (2008). Criminal behavior: apsychological approach. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Education, Inc., 2008. http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50004419?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=aggression&first=1&max_to_show=10