The Violence Continuum: Australian Aboriginal Male Violence and Generational Post-Traumatic Stress
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Title
The Violence Continuum: Australian Aboriginal Male Violence and Generational Post-Traumatic Stress
Subject
Australian aboriginal people
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Publication Date
2008
Publisher
Charles Darwin University
Document Type
Dissertation
Language
English
Region
Australia
Access
Open Access
Abstract
This research explores the contention that the history of widespread traumatic stressors
and the generational transmission of these traumatic stressors throughout the Australian
Aboriginal population are manifested in a series of social problems. The high levels of
violence we are now witnessing in some Aboriginal families and communities, which in
turn contribute to the high incarceration rates of Aboriginal men for violent crimes, are
seen as one of the most serious symptoms resulting from these traumatic stressors.
This research aimed to establish if Aboriginal men who are considered violent have
histories of traumatic stressors and demonstrate psychological symptoms associated
with trauma stress, as well as whether they have experienced generational patterns of
traumatic stressors and dysfunction.
and the generational transmission of these traumatic stressors throughout the Australian
Aboriginal population are manifested in a series of social problems. The high levels of
violence we are now witnessing in some Aboriginal families and communities, which in
turn contribute to the high incarceration rates of Aboriginal men for violent crimes, are
seen as one of the most serious symptoms resulting from these traumatic stressors.
This research aimed to establish if Aboriginal men who are considered violent have
histories of traumatic stressors and demonstrate psychological symptoms associated
with trauma stress, as well as whether they have experienced generational patterns of
traumatic stressors and dysfunction.
Cataloger
Kristen Walker
Citation
“The Violence Continuum: Australian Aboriginal Male Violence and Generational Post-Traumatic Stress,” ICMGLT Digital Library, accessed November 3, 2026, https://library.icmglt.org/items/show/853.