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A 7 page paper discussing the nature of aggression in teens and then fitting research to theory presented by Greenfield, Keller, Fuligni and Maynard (2003). These authors identify the ecocultural, sociohistorical, and values approaches to defining culturally-sensitive approaches to diffusing teen aggression. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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system or institution that deals with teens in concentrated numbers collectively marvels at the intensity and types of aggression that some of these teens can display. One mild-mannered and
otherwise-agreeable 14-year-old took a gun to his rural Tennessee school a year ago and shot the principal and two assistant principals, one fatally.
In The Rich get Richer and the Poor get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice, Reiman (2004) argues that lower socioeconomic class membership virtually assures an aggressive teen a criminal
justice sentence of some degree, ranging from simple probation to maximum security prison life. Aggression is more equal-opportunity, however. It affects teens in all levels of society and
across all cultures. The purpose here is to assess some of the research that has been done, fitting it into a theoretical framework provided by Greenfield, Keller, Fuligni and
Maynard (2003). Primary Source The primary source that will be used in the comparison and weighed relative to other research into teen aggression
is the Crick and Dodge (2003) article, "Social Information-Processing Mechanisms in Reactive and Proactive Aggression." The researchers state that theories and research into aggressive behavior among both children and
animals "suggest the existence of distinct forms of reactive (hostile) and proactive (instrumental) aggression" (Crick and Dodge, 2003; p. 993). Of the two
forms of aggression, it is the proactive form that Crick and Dodge (2003) see as being the more problematic. Proactive (or instrumental) aggression is seen as being a way
of life and frequently the first line of defense in response to some wrong, whether that wrong is real or only perceived. This is reflected in the researchers three
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