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It is generally accepted and understood that antisocial behaviours which include aggression and violence are disruptive, not only to the individual but also to communities and society as a whole (Dishion, French, & Patterson, 1995). Of note, antisocial behaviours are highly stable over time such that childhood antisocial behaviour is predictive of adult antisocial behaviour. Furthermore, having a history of antisocial behaviour is predictive of a large range of problems during adulthood, including criminal behaviour, work failure, and troubled marriages. Also of concern is the intergenerational transfer of aggressive and antisocial behaviour (Serbin & Karp, 2004). This is not surprising given that, as parents, antisocial adults model and elicit antisocial behaviours in children (Patterson, Dishion, & Bank, 1984). At the more extreme end of the antisocial behaviours continuum is violence, which has been reported to be one of the leading public health problems worldwide with over 1.6 million lives lost each year and countless more being harmed (Krug, Dahlberg, Mercy, Zwi, & Lozano, 2002).
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Gullone, E. (2012). Conceptualizations of Antisocial Behaviour. In: Animal Cruelty, Antisocial Behaviour, and Aggression. The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137284549_3
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