@article{ref1,
title="Acts of violence from point of view of the criminologist",
journal="Quaderni di Criminologia Clinica",
year="1975",
author="Ferracuti, F. and Newman, Graeme",
volume="17",
number="1",
pages="3-54",
abstract="Assaultive offences continue to occupy a major share of the interest of criminologists and of the attention of the public. They are defined by the use, or the threat of use of force on a victim by an offender. The paper reviews basic definitions, methods of measuring assaultive crime, and recent phenomenological patterning. Different socio-economic variables are discussed, such as age and sex, urbanization and social class, race, victim-offender relationships, family factors. A brief analysis is presented of child abuse. Various theories have been presented, with different interpretative and explanatory focuses. They are summarized by the Authors under the following headings: a) Barrier theories b) Theories of inevitability c) &quot;Bad influence&quot; theories d) Culture theories. A few cross-cultural examples are given, from existing studies. The postulates of cultural theories are presented, with suggestions for further research.<p /> <p>Language: it</p>",
language="it",
issn="0033-4928",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}