Criminals aggression: psychological reasons

The article deals with the problem of aggressiveness, its origins and implementation models. The emotional sector of the individual with aggressive behaviour is analysed. This sector includes emotions defined by K. Izard as a triad of hostility: «anger - disgust - contempt». Particular attention is paid to the problem of paranoid aggressors. A description of this type of personality and its patterns of behaviour is given by P.B. Gannushkin. The conclusion is that paranoid individuals' main characteristic is the existence of the so-called super-valuable ideas in which they find themselves. These ideas define patterns of behavior of such persons, with the main idea of their supervalue, their constant complacency and excessive ego. A special attention is paid on a group of paranoiac persons so-called fanatics, whose world view consists of a small number of borrowed ideas to which they are faithful until their death and they have no need to comprehend them, it makes them a tool for the most aggressive behavior. In addition to the internal aggression causes, the authors also give the external ones, such as the priming effect: whatever negative event is covered by the media, there is a person or a group of persons who want to repeat the crime scenario they see. The views of such authors as E. Fromm, D. Dollard, L. Berkowitz, A. Bandura, R. Sapolsky, U.M. Antonyan and others are analysed.