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Social and psychiatric implications of sex-differentials in aggression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

Bruce G. Charlton
Bruce G. Charlton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdombruce.charlton@ncl.ac.uk
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Abstract

The same aggressive act will – all else being equal – have a different behavioral significance according to whether it is performed by a man or a woman. Such a perspective should have profound implications for legal and psychiatric practice, and for social policy in general.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 221 - 222
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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