Low-Level Aggression – First Steps on the ladder to violence

Focuses on the often ignored problem of low-level aggression in schools and other settings. The book provides useful strategies to help reduce and control behaviors such as teasing, cursing, bullying, and vandalism — that when left unchecked often escalate into more serious forms of aggression. It discusses thought processes that promote aggression: misperceptions, rationalizations, and other thinking errors.

Arnold P. Goldstein, Ph.D., was Professor of Special Education at Syracuse University, Director of the New York State Task Force on Juvenile Gangs, a member of the American Psychological Association Commission on Youth Violence, and a member of the Council of Representatives, International Society for Research on Aggression. He developed three increasingly competitive approaches to prosocial skills training, skillstreaming, aggression replacement training, and the Prepare Curriculum. Reflecting his role as Director of the Syracuse University Center for Research on Aggression, much of his research and teaching centered on helping youngsters replace antisocial, aggressive behaviors with constructive, alternative means of seeking life satisfaction and effectiveness.