A theoretical model was sought that would convincingly treat in a single, overarching framework the phenomena of change, crime, political violence and suicide. Of especial interest was "bottom-up" change and "naive" crime and violence in the Western world. / In addition to the familiar concept of relative deprivation, three broad concepts were introduced to facilitate the attempt at synthesis and integration. They were "relative discrepancy," "differential resistance" and "differential risk." Altogether, the four concepts were shown to be related to sets of Western sociocultural trends identified at the outset of the exposition as long suspected of having a causal connection with change, crime and violence. / A major achievement of the present work appears to be this demonstration that the previously identified relationships between certain sociocultural trends and the dependent variables are also congruent with the four intervening variables employed in the construction of the framework of the model. / Subsequently, a formal model was advanced, consisting of nine propositions. It is an attempt to explain change potential and aggression potential as they relate to one another and to basic sociocultural trends and components in the Western context. The structure of the propositional model was then examined, revealing several homomorphisms and, most importantly, isomorphism with decision-making theory. / Finally, a brief comparison of the "RD-DR model" with existing theoretical models in the disciplines attendant to change, crime and violence was presented. An exemplar of empirical research was also briefly noted to guide those wishing to test the present model. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-01, Section: A, page: 0319. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1976.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75721 |
| Contributors | EICHMAN, CHARLES J., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 282 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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