Comparing Burgess and Draper's Theory of Family Violence and the Film, The Burning Bed

Burgess and Draper's Theory of Domestic Violence and Movies, Comparison of Burning Beds I. Introduction Burgess and Draper showed that a forced family-family interaction model is a major causal relationship between ecological instability and domestic violence It is claimed that. They argue that some of the common correlations of such violence are themselves responses to sudden or long-term ecological instability. For example, alcoholism, depression and anxiety may be responses to family ecological stress, such as unemployment, excessive financial debt or divorce. Burgess and Draper, the violence against one's spouse and children,

This theory was developed by Strauss (General System Theory of Family Violence in 1973) to explain the family's internal violence. Strauss explains the problem of domestic violence by treating the family as an intentional pursuit of the adaptive social system. Violence is not a personal medical condition but a system product or output. Strauss pointed out positive feedback in the system, it could lead to an increase in violence Negative feedback can keep, suppress or reduce the level of violence.

The principles of social learning theory are widely used in media violence investigation. Akers and Burgess assumed that aggressive rewards observed or experienced, and lack of punishment for aggressive behavior exacerbated aggressive behavior. There is a significant correlation between watching violent television and aggression in life, many people do not, and act actively with violent video games Relationship with observation The role of observation learning is also considered to be an important factor in the emergence of TV, movie and video game evaluation systems.

Social learning theory is used to explain the occurrence and maintenance of abnormal behaviors, especially aggressive behaviors. Criminal scholars Ronald Akers and Robert Burgess combined a principle of social learning theory and operational conditioning with the theory of discriminative relationship Edwin Sutherland to create a comprehensive criminal behavior theory. Burgess and Akers emphasize studies of criminal acts in social and non-social situations through direct reinforcement, alternative reinforcement, clear guidance and observation. The likelihood of exposure to specific behavior and the nature of the enhancement will depend on the group's norms.