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Abstract : The use of weapons in violence increases both the severity of harm to victims and the severity of legal consequences for offenders but little is known of the characteristics of violent offenders who choose to use weapons. Levels of anger attitude to risk time discounting and antisocial history among a sample of weapon-using violent offenders (n=15) were compared to violent offenders who had not used a weapon (n=10) and nonviolent offenders (n=15). Results showed that weapon-using violent offenders displayed greater trait aggression and were more risk seeking than other offender types. In addition weapon-using violent offenders were first convicted at an earlier age and truanted from school more frequently compared to other offender types. The results indicate that weapon users are more aggressive and more risk taking but no more present focused than other violent and nonviolent offenders. Further research into the cognitive and social factors that influence weapon use is required if this dangerous behavior is to be reduced.Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.PMID 20510463 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINEMeSH TermsMeSH TermsAdultAggression/psychology*Antisocial Personality Disorder/psychologyAttitude*Criminals/psychology*HumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedQuestionnairesRisk FactorsSelf DisclosureViolence/psychology*WeaponsYoung AdultLinkOut - more resourcesFull Text SourcesElsevier ScienceEBSCOOhioLINK Electronic Journal CenterSwets Information Services Supplemental Content Related citations Driving aggression in forensic and non-forensic populations relationships to self-reported levels of aggression anger and impulsivity. Br J Psychol. 2006 Driving aggression in forensic and non-forensic populations relationships to self-reported levels of aggression anger and impulsivity.Smith P Waterman M Ward N. Br J Psychol. 2006 Aug 97(Pt 3)387-403. Violent offending predicts P300 amplitude. Int J Psychophysiol. 2007 Violent offending predicts P300 amplitude.Bernat EM Hall JR Steffen BV Patrick CJ. Int J Psychophysiol. 2007 Nov 66(2)161-7. Epub 2007 May 3. Platelet monoamine oxidase activity in mentally disordered violent offenders. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1992 Platelet monoamine oxidase activity in mentally disordered violent offenders.Belfrage H Lidberg L Oreland L. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1992 Mar 85(3)218-21. Review Psychophysiology of anger and violent behavior. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1997 Review Psychophysiology of anger and violent behavior.Scarpa A Raine A. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1997 Jun 20(2)375-94. Review Violent offender research and implications for the criminal justice system. Am Psychol. 1997 Review Violent offender research and implications for the criminal justice system.Rice ME. Am Psychol. 1997 Apr 52(4)414-23. See reviews... See all... Recent activity Clear Turn Off Turn On Aggression and attitudes to time and risk in weapon-using violent offenders. Aggression and attitudes to time and risk in weapon-using violent offenders.Psychiatry Res. 2010 Aug 15 178(3)536-9. Epub 2010 May 26 . PubMed Your browsing activity is empty. Activity recording is turned off. Turn recording back on See more... You are here NCBI gt Literature gt PubMed Write to the Help Desk Simple NCBI Directory Getting Started NCBI Education NCBI Help Manual NCBI Handbook Training amp Tutorials Resources Chemicals amp BioassaysData amp SoftwareDNA amp RNADomains amp StructuresGenes amp ExpressionGenetics amp MedicineGenomes amp MapsHomologyLiteratureProteinsSequence AnalysisTaxonomyTraining amp TutorialsVariation Popular PubMed Nucleotide BLAST PubMed Central Gene Bookshelf Protein OMIM Genome SNP Structure Featured GenBank Reference Sequences Map Viewer Genome Projects Human Genome Mouse Genome Influenza Virus Primer-BLAST Sequence Read Archive NCBI Information About NCBI Research at NCBI NCBI Newsletter NCBI FTP Site NCBI on Facebook NCBI on Twitter NCBI on YouTube NIH DHHS USA.gov Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Accessibility | Contact National Center for Biotechnology Information U.S. National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda MD 20894 USA
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