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Abstract
The relevance of failure in natural developmental processes and their family correlates for prevention is abundantly clear DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v50i3.1436 Ceylon Medical Journal Vol.50(3) 2005: 131-132
Highlights
Violence and crime are popular topics currently in Sri Lanka, with the media giving wide publicity to their prevalence
Most experts agree that there are individuals in our society with a high potential for violence. They show their antisocial tendency by readily using violence to resolve problems and challenges, and are intolerant and insensitive to rights of other people. How are such individuals different from most others in our society? Is this difference based on a biological predisposition or the past and present experiences? Can the potential for violence be predicted in advance? Are there known effective preventive measures? Can these questions be answered on scientific evidence?
Violent behaviour has been seen as a failure in the natural developmental processes of emotional and behaviour control in oneself with an inability to comply with social restraints [1]
Summary
Violence and crime are popular topics currently in Sri Lanka, with the media giving wide publicity to their prevalence. The causes given include rapid social change and urbanisation, ineffective law enforcement, civil war, poverty and deprivation, and display of violence on television Though these circumstances affect many, only a handful of individuals resort to violence, and the majority remain peace loving and law abiding. Most experts agree that there are individuals in our society with a high potential for violence They show their antisocial tendency by readily using violence to resolve problems and challenges, and are intolerant and insensitive to rights of other people. How are such individuals different from most others in our society? How are such individuals different from most others in our society? Is this difference based on a biological predisposition or the past and present experiences? Can the potential for violence be predicted in advance? Are there known effective preventive measures? Can these questions be answered on scientific evidence?
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