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Violence and prospect-refuge values.

P Swartz1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Perceptual and Motor Skills
|October 1, 1987
PubMed
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Modern urban environments increase vulnerability, leading to violence as a misguided attempt to assert self-worth or aesthetic satisfaction. Revisions to landscape aesthetics and institutional reforms are urgently needed as violent incidents rise.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Psychology
  • Urban Sociology
  • Aesthetics

Background:

  • Appleton's prospect-refuge theory explains landscape aesthetics based on visibility and safety.
  • Kupfer's work examines contemporary violence as an aesthetic pursuit.
  • Modern urban settings often lack opportunities for unobscured observation, increasing feelings of vulnerability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To integrate prospect-refuge theory with contemporary views of violence as an aesthetic project.
  • To analyze how urban environments exacerbate feelings of vulnerability and drive extreme behaviors.
  • To explore the psychological underpinnings of violence as a means of self-assertion or aesthetic gratification.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical integration of landscape aesthetics and violence studies.

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  • Analysis of urban environmental factors contributing to vulnerability.
  • Examination of violence as a response to perceived threats and a quest for aesthetic experience.

    • Main Results:

    • Urban environments lacking prospect-refuge opportunities heighten vulnerability and can provoke extreme actions.
    • Violence may be a misdirected effort to establish self-importance or derive aesthetic pleasure from destruction.
    • The increasing likelihood of violence necessitates updated prospect-refuge models and institutional changes.

    Conclusions:

    • Addressing urban design flaws and social circumstances is crucial to mitigate violence.
    • Understanding violence through the lens of aesthetic theory offers new insights into its motivations.
    • Urgent revisions to environmental design principles and societal structures are required to counter rising violence.