Cynthia B. Feaster
Counteraggression, also known as punishment-induced aggression, is a behavior pattern that is learned in childhood. The tendency toward counteraggression is difficult to change, but anger-management and anger-coping intervention strategies have produced positive results. Juvenile detention centers offer an important opportunity to address aggression and counteraggression with nonviolent adolescents and with those who are at high risk of committing violent crimes. The growing interest in community-based problem solving creates the potential for juvenile detention centers to become part of community intervention strategies.
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