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Violent crime can traditionally be classified as a reactive or an instrumental
aggression. A reactive aggression is often characterized by some sort of
provocation by the victim and the act is impulsive and the offender reacts by
harming the victim. The provocation can be a threat, an insult or an attack and
the act can be said to be a reaction induced by emotions. An instrumental act
of violence however, often described as planned, targeted and emotional cold.
The goal of the act can be to acquire money or power to maintain their status.
The aim of this study is to investigate whether different aggression behaviors
of offenders differ depending on the offender's relationship to the victim
(primarily partner violence and street violence). All persons sentenced for
assault in Solna District Court in 2011 (n = 281) were included in the study
and the courts decisions were analyzed and the assault coded as
instrumental/reactive assault, provocation, arousal etc. The results show that
there are differences in the perpetrators behavior depending on whether they
have been convicted of domestic violence or street violence. The relationship
is found both in behavioral terms but also in the situation surrounding the
crime.