Re: Agression: Men vs Women

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:00:36 GMT, "Pmb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>Perhaps I need to refine what I was refering to. If somone takes a random
>sample from a genreal population then that's about the best way there is to
>get statistics regarding tendancies and violence. 

Granted. And in my original post I noted that I was unaware of any
such research.

>However if you base your
>opinion on what you see from prison populations then you're going to get a
>radically different statistic (And even then you can't be sure if what is
>going on is what you actually witness. Prisoners would tend to hurt others
>when they have the least chance of being seen). 

You are back to how the term "violence" is defined. When I see the
term, I think of acts of which the consequences are visible to others.
So yes, unwitnessed violent acts are documentable.


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