Beliefs, attitudes, and male-to-male barroom aggression: Development of a theoretical predictive model

Wells, Samantha; Graham, Kathryn; Tremblay, Philippe

doi:10.1080/16066350701433175

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“…Thus, it may be that both concern for escalation and the informal social rules of the barroom context require third party involvement in male mutual aggression. Moreover, the present results are generally consistent with evidence that aggression in bars is largely a male phenomenon, with bars being settings with heightened concerns regarding male honor and identity (Graham and Wells, 2003; Wells et al, 2007). …”

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Third Party Involvement in Barroom Conflicts

Parks

Osgood

Felson

et al. 2013

Aggressive Behavior

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This study examines the effect of situational variables on whether third parties intervene in conflicts in barroom settings, and whether they are aggressive or not when they intervene. Based on research on bystander intervention in emergencies, we hypothesized that third parties would be most likely to become involved in incidents with features that convey greater danger of serious harm. The situational variables indicative of danger were severity of aggression, whether the aggression was one-sided or mutual, gender, and level of intoxication of the initial participants in the conflict. Analyses consist of cross-tabulations and three-level Hierarchical Logistic Models (with bar, evening, and incidents as levels) for 860 incidents of verbal and physical aggression from 503 nights of observation in 87 large bars and clubs in Toronto, Canada. Third party involvement was more likely during incidents in which: (1) the aggression was more severe; (2) the aggression was mutual (vs. one-sided) aggression; (3) only males (vs. mixed gender) were involved; and (4) participants were more intoxicated. These incident characteristics were stronger predictors of nonaggressive third party involvement than aggressive third party involvement. The findings suggest that third parties are indeed responding to the perceived danger of serious harm. Improving our knowledge about this aspect of aggressive incidents is valuable for developing prevention and intervention approaches designed to reduce aggression in bars and other locations.

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Third Party Involvement in Barroom Conflicts

Parks

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Felson

et al. 2013

Aggressive Behavior

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“…We focus on responses to this open-ended question to see how young people attribute responsibility for sexual aggression without any prompting. As is true in most work on barroom sexual aggression, alcohol figured prominently into people's answers (Peralta & Cruz, 2006;Wells, Graham, & Tremblay, 2007). The majority of respondents (71%) talked about alcohol when answering this question, but only a few (20%) talked about alcohol as the sole cause for what happened.…”

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“Me Getting Plastered and Her Provoking My Eyes”

Becker

Tinkler

2014

Feminist Criminology

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Barroom sexual aggression-especially unwanted groping, kissing, and touching-is ubiquitous and largely unregulated. While research explicates how alcohol interacts with other precipitating factors to cause incidents like fistfights, the causes of less serious forms of sexual aggression remain understudied. Normalization of nonconsensual sexual contact in bars means much of it goes unnoticed and is difficult to quantify or predict using conventional statistical methods. We use 126 young people's narratives about experiences with barroom aggression to explore how/ when it is tolerated or socially sanctioned. We find that alcohol, context, and gender shape attributions for sexual aggression in public drinking settings.

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“…We used a qualitative methodology to examine the characteristics of each type of act. Qualitative analysis of interview data has been valuable in identifying motives for aggression in male drinkers [Graham and Wells, 2003;Wells et al, 2007]. If these three goal-based types of violence can be shown to exist, then further research can be conducted to examine their usefulness in developing interventions appropriate for each type.…”

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Alcohol‐related violence defined by ultimate goals: a qualitative analysis of the features of three different types of violence by intoxicated young male offenders

McMurran

Jinks

Howells

et al. 2009

Aggressive Behavior

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Based upon a functional approach to understanding aggression, we aimed to identify the occurrence of and to describe the features of three types of alcohol-related violence defined a priori by ultimate goals: (1) violence in pursuit of nonsocial profit-based goals, (2) violence in pursuit of social dominance goals, and (3) violence as defence in response to threat. A sample of 149 young men with offences of violence that were alcohol related was interviewed. Cases were classified and detailed information from the first ten cases in each class (N=30) was subjected to thematic analysis. Intoxicated violence in pursuit of nonsocial profit-based goals was opportunistic and motivated by the desire for more alcohol or drugs. Violence, in these cases, although serious, appeared to be brief. Intoxicated violence in pursuit of social dominance goals was typically precipitated by past or current insult or injury, and was accompanied by strong anger and an adrenaline rush. Attacks were ferocious, and robbing the victim was not uncommon, perhaps to inflict additional humiliation. Feelings of pride and satisfaction were typical and expressions of remorse were uncommon. Regarding intoxicated violence as defence in response to threat, attacks were often expected, and in some cases the respondent made a pre-emptive strike. Weapon use was common in this group. Fear was experienced, but so too was anger. Feelings of excitement were not reported and remorse was common. Further validation of these types is warranted, and the potential implications of these findings for prevention and treatment are discussed.

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Beliefs, attitudes, and male-to-male barroom aggression: Development of a theoretical predictive model

Cited by 20 publications

References 59 publications

Third Party Involvement in Barroom Conflicts

Third Party Involvement in Barroom Conflicts

“Me Getting Plastered and Her Provoking My Eyes”

Alcohol‐related violence defined by ultimate goals: a qualitative analysis of the features of three different types of violence by intoxicated young male offenders

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