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On Fri, 10 Nov 1995 bdcrowhu@acs.ucalgary.ca wrote:

> >   <gmsaiger@CAPACCESS.ORG>
> Dear George,
> Interesting note to Malcolm. Perhaps sometimes violence is precipitated by
> anger.
>
> Interesting,your observations on felons. Do you really believe they are not
> angry? Was this their denial of anger, or your clinical opinion that anger
> wasn't an issue? I am interested to hear what the work is you are doing there.
>
> Regards,
> Brenton Crowhurst
>
Oh, for sure violence is often accompanied by a subjective sense of
anger.  I suspect that this is the more common human experience, though I
don't know.  It is tautological to forclose the question by adopting the
attitude that violent people who say they do not feel anger in connection
with the violent deed must be lying, or denying, or suppressing, or
something.   Acts of kindness are similarly performed by individuals who
claim to feel no sense of charity and who allege a rather bitter view of
the world.

(For the record about my work:  Though I always wanted to be a geriatric
psychiatrist, I got derailed into forensic psychiatry for about a
decade.  During that time I worked with a population who had been
adjudicated noti guily by reason of insanity.  It was fascinating work,
but it invited burnout.  I still do a few cases a year to keep my skills
honed.)

And you?

George Saiger