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HOSTILE AGGRESSION [5 records]

Record 1 2024-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

... Categories of Rape. Anger rape : Sex is a hostile act, an outlet for aggression and rage. Power rape : Men who feel inadequate or inept need to express dominance. For them, sex provides a feeling of mastery and conquest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

[...] les agresseurs sexuels sont motivés par trois facteurs, soit le pouvoir [...], la colère [...] ou la sexualité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

... Categories of Rape. Anger rape : Sex is a hostile act, an outlet for aggression and rage. Power rape : Men who feel inadequate or inept need to express dominance. For them, sex provides a feeling of mastery and conquest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

[...] les agresseurs sexuels sont motivés par trois facteurs, soit le pouvoir [...], la colère [...] ou la sexualité. [...] le viol motivé par la colère s'apparente aux agressions sexuelles «vindicatives» [...] puisqu'il est peu planifié et impulsif, catégorie qui affiche un plus faible taux de psychopathie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

... one study in children 2 to 11 years of age found that those with atypically high physical aggression trajectories were more likely to be boys, from low income families, with mothers who had not completed high school and who reported using hostile or ineffective parenting strategies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

De plus, les analyses de trajectoires d'agression physique disponibles de l'enfance à l'adolescence indiquent que les jeunes qui augmentent de façon notable leurs niveaux d'agression physique à l'adolescence présentaient déjà des problèmes d'agression physique durant l'enfance [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Old Age
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Social Problems
DEF

Repeated insults or threats.

OBS

Aggression :[A] forceful, attacking behaviour, either constructively self-assertive and self-protective or destructively hostile to others or oneself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

L'agression verbale chronique, qui est une forme de violence psychosociale, touche quelque 34 000 aînés canadiens.

OBS

Violence : [...] expression brutale des sentiments [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Penal Administration
OBS

... federal offenders whose current or historical behaviour reflects high levels of hostile or impulsive aggression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Administration pénitentiaire
OBS

Tiré d'un document obtenu du Solliciteur général, à Ottawa.

Spanish

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