You Have to Hit Some People! Measurement and Criminogenic Nature of Violent Sentiments in Australia

Kelty, Sally F.; Hall, Guy; Watt, Bruce D.

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“…They found that one third of patients reported experiencing recent thoughts of violence toward others and that the degree of script rehearsal was predictive of violence after discharge. Two further studies support the predictive validity of the SIV (Kelty, Hall, & Watt, 2011; Nagtegaal, Rassin, & Muris, 2006).…”

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“…The empirical evidence for the role of normative beliefs in aggressive behavior is well developed. Aggression-supportive beliefs are predictive of physical aggression in offenders (Archer & Haigh, 1997a), violent offending (Kelty et al, 2011; Polaschek, Calvert, & Gannon, 2009), and violent recidivism (Mills, Kroner, & Hemmati, 2004) as well as self-reported violence in nonoffending samples (Archer & Haigh, 1997b). A range of measures have also been developed that purport to measure normative beliefs; these include the Measures of Criminal Attitudes and Associates (Mills, Kroner, & Forth, 2002) and the Criminal Attitudes to Violence Scale (Polaschek, Collie, & Walkey, 2004).…”

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“…A range of measures have also been developed that purport to measure normative beliefs; these include the Measures of Criminal Attitudes and Associates (Mills, Kroner, & Forth, 2002) and the Criminal Attitudes to Violence Scale (Polaschek, Collie, & Walkey, 2004). People holding normative beliefs supportive of aggression were also recently found to be more likely to engage in the rehearsal of aggressive scripts (Kelty et al, 2011), although further examination of the relationship between these beliefs and other knowledge structures is required to substantiate the theorized process by which these aspects are connected.…”

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The Role of Aggression-Related Cognition in the Aggressive Behavior of Offenders

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Daffern

Talevski³

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Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Contemporary social cognitive theories of aggression, such as the general aggression model (GAM), highlight the role of several key knowledge structures in aggressive behavior. There has been limited investigation of these structures in offender populations, however, meaning that their relevance to the rehabilitation of violent offenders cannot be adequately determined. In the present study, the role of three aggression-related knowledge structures—normative beliefs, behavioral scripts, and early maladaptive schema—along with trait anger, were examined with respect to the aggressive behavior of an offender sample. Normative beliefs and scripts were associated with aggression over and above the effect of anger, with these variables accounting for almost a quarter of the variance in participants’ aggression. These findings suggest that the knowledge structures described by the GAM concurrently increase aggression and underscore the need for more routine and systematic targeting of aggression-related cognitions in violent offenders.

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The Role of Aggression-Related Cognition in the Aggressive Behavior of Offenders

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Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…Attitudes and definitions favourable to criminal behaviour, assessed across 143 effect sizes, significantly predicted individuals who engaged in antisocial behaviours, including predicting violent behaviour (overall mean effect size estimate .218). Kelty, Hall, and Watt (2011) described a measure of justifications for violence that significantly discriminated male violent offenders from male non-offenders. A large effect size was identified for beliefs that support violent actions (h 2 = .46).…”

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The Relationship Between Violent Fantasy and Alcohol Misuse in Aggressive Behaviours

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Kohphet

Oberin

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Australian Psychologist

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Alcohol misuse and cognitions supportive of violent behaviour have been linked with higher likelihood of engaging in aggressive actions. The present study investigated the interactive effects of alcohol abuse and violent fantasy on aggressive behaviour. A community sample of 279 adults recruited from South East Queensland completed the Aggression Questionnaire, Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test, Scheduled of Imagined Violence, and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Controlling for age, gender, and social desirability response, participants who acknowledged fantasies about violence and higher levels of alcohol consumption reported higher levels of aggression. Importantly, the interactive effects of alcohol and fantasy indicated that the contribution of violent fantasies was greatest among individuals with high levels of alcohol use compared with individuals with low alcohol use. The current findings, in conjunction with recent experimental evidence, highlight potential concerns regarding the additive effects of alcohol and violent fantasy.

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“…These items are drawn from the following self-report scales: Violence Scale of the Measures of Criminal Attitudes and Associates (MCAA-V; Mills, Kroner, & Forth, 2002), Criminal Attitudes to Violence Scale (CAVS; Polaschek et al, 2004), Justifications for Violence (JFV) Scale (Kelty, Hall, & Watt, 2011), Maudsley Violence Questionnaire (Walker, 2005), and Attitudes Towards Violence Scale (ATVS; Funk, Elliott, Urman, Flores, & Mock, 1999). In theory, research, assessment, and treatment with violent offenders, attitude is often used as a synonym or superordinate label for terms such as excuses, justifications, rationalizations, neutralizations, and moral disengagement.…”

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Thinking Clearly About Violent Cognitions

Nunes

Hermann

Maimone

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J Interpers Violence

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The purpose of the current study was to explore whether measures such as the Violence Scale of the Revised Measures of Criminal Attitudes and Associates (MCAA-R-V) and the Criminal Attitudes to Violence Scale (CAVS) assess attitudes toward violence (i.e., evaluation of violence) and whether attitudes and the cognitions assessed by the MCAA-R-V and CAVS are independently associated with violent behavior. Participants (568 undergraduate students) completed the MCAA-R-V and the CAVS, as well as measures of evaluation of violence, evaluation of violent people, identification of self as violent, and past violent behavior. Exploratory factor analyses revealed that the MCAA-R-V and CAVS items formed correlated but distinct factors from the items of the evaluation of violence, evaluation of violent people, and identification of self as violent scales. Regression analyses indicated that evaluation of violence and identification of self as violent correlated with violent behavior independently of the MCAA-R-V and CAVS. Our results suggest that attitudes toward violence may be distinct from other cognitions often referred to as "attitudes" in the criminological

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You Have to Hit Some People! Measurement and Criminogenic Nature of Violent Sentiments in Australia

Cited by 15 publications

References 15 publications

The Role of Aggression-Related Cognition in the Aggressive Behavior of Offenders

The Role of Aggression-Related Cognition in the Aggressive Behavior of Offenders

The Relationship Between Violent Fantasy and Alcohol Misuse in Aggressive Behaviours

Thinking Clearly About Violent Cognitions

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