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Does Violence Breed Violence? Contributions from a Study of the Child Abuse Syndrome

LARRY B. SILVER, CHRISTINA C. DUBLIN, and REGINALD S. LOURIEAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.3.404

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A study covering three generations of families of abused children supports the themes that violence breeds violence and that a child who experiences violence as a child has the potential of becoming a violent member of society in the future. The authors believe that the physician has a critical role and responsibility in interrupting this cycle of violence.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126 • Number 3 • September 1969

Pages: 404 - 407

PubMed: 5805257

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Published in print: September 1969

Published online: 1 April 2006

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LARRY B. SILVER

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CHRISTINA C. DUBLIN

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REGINALD S. LOURIE

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Assistant professor of psychiatry, department of psychiatry, Rutgers Medical School, New Brunswick, N. J. 08903

Child Health Center, Research Foundation of Children's Hospital

Director of the department of psychiatry, Children's Hospital; medical director, Hillcrest Children's Center; and professor of pediatric psychiatry, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C.

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Does Violence Breed Violence? Contributions from a Study of the Child Abuse Syndrome

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