RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Violence: A Product of Biosocial Interactions
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 131
OP 143
VO 16
IS 2
A1 Elliott, Frank A.
YR 1988
UL http://jaapl.org/content/16/2/131.abstract
AB All behavior is seen to be a result of interactions between the brain on the one hand and environmental challenges and endogenous drives on the other. Intergenerational transfer theory fails to explain cases of habitual aggression that have no identifiable social origin, and there is compelling evidence for the existence of brain-environmental interaction. The key roles that may be played by age, gender, neurological factors, and biological defects in aggressive and antisocial behavior are reviewed.