Indirect Vs Direct Aggression

There are many different types of behaviour that can be categorized as aggressive. Typically, when you see someone being socially disruptive you would assume they would turn out to be aggressive. This paper will explore the aggression in young people and the likelihood that these aggressive youths will eventually commit further criminal offences. It will also cover the prevention of future criminal offenders and how we can stop it. Typical indicators of aggression are stealing, lying, bullying, etc (Benson, 2002). There is always the possibility that different types of aggression could end up having multiple different outcomes. There are two different types of aggression explained, “indirect aggression and direct aggression.” Indirect aggression

There is very little knowledge and research on children committing crimes. Criminologists mostly study adults and their criminal behaviour. Although, criminologists should be studying children just as much as adults. Children can begin to show signs of abnormal behaviour and questionable actions at a very young age. As humans, we tend to look at the problem and fix it rather than trying to prevent it. A way to help prevent future criminal offences: is by diminishing the aggression in the earlier stages of life. Aggression at a young age can lead to further criminal offences (Benson, 2002). There are many different theories of crime and how they develop through the years. One popular theory of crime was the Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory. It is stated that “variation in individual levels of self-control is an important contributor to adolescent delinquency and adulthood crime” (Gottfredson and Hirschi, 1990, p.g.7). Gottfredson and Hirschi explained that self-control starts off in the childhood years. In their theory, they specifically said that self-control is really shaped by parenting. Moffit’s developmental theory, however, thinks of this in a different context. She believes that there are two different types of