CASE STUDY

Case Study

Case Study

Scenario

Louisa lives in Baton Rouge, L.A. In 2002, her husband, Jacques, was killed in a boating accident. Because of this, Louisa became depressed and started drinking heavily. Unfortunately, there were several times that her drink and depression got the better of her and she had a few incidents where she severely beat her two children, Marie and Pierre aged 6 and 8 respectively.

Analysis

Aggression can be demonstrated by verbal or physical attack and may be an emotional or instrumental expression. There has been growing support for the explanation that many violent behaviors result from a self-protective response to ...